ASA Sociology of Law Section
@SocLawSection
American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Law.
We don’t have an actual gavel to hand over in @SocLawSection #ASA2024 . But we have award sheets ! Thrilled to welcome @monicacbell as Chair of the ASA Sociology of Law Section! Lots in store for next year. Join or renew your section membership, and be part of the excitement too!

And it’s a wrap for #ASA2024. Thank you for attending! Mark your calendars for the ASA Virtual Mini-Conference, January 30-31, 2025, bit.ly/49VCISN and #ASA2025, August 8-12, 2025, in Chicago. bit.ly/3LUA9He
Award! #ASA2024 The Peterson-Krivo Mentoring Award, awarded every two years by the Crime, Law, and Deviance Section @SocCrimeLawDev and Sociology of Law Section @SocLawSection, awarded to Megan Comfort! Congrats @megan_comfort !
Being able to give awards is a treat. And in @SocLawSection it is fun too! Some photos from our #ASA2024 awards ceremony for the Sociology of Law Section! Congrats to all.

Award! #ASA2024 Distinguished Book Award in the Sociology of Law awarded to Michael Sierra-Arévalo, for The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing, published in 2024 by @ColumbiaUP . Congrats @michaelsierraa !

Award! #ASA2024 Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Article Award in the Sociology of Law awarded to Elizabeth Chiarello, for “Trojan Horse Technologies: Smuggling Criminal-Legal Logics into Healthcare Practice”, published in @ASR_Journal . Congrats @Liz_Chiarello !

Award! #ASA2024 Distinguished Article Award in the Sociology of Law awarded to Celene Reynolds, for “Repurposing Title IX: How Sexual Harassment became Sex Discrimination in American Higher Education, published in American Journal of Sociology! Congrats @CeleneReynolds !

Award! #ASA2024 Honorable Mention for the Undergraduate student paper award in the Sociology of Law awarded to Catherine Rhame, from Williams College, for “Penobscot Nation, Penobscot River.” Congrats Catherine!
Award ! #ASA2024 Undergraduate student paper award in the Sociology of Law for Vivian Wermers, from the University of Virginia, for “The Impact of Urbanization on Juvenile Diversions.” Congrats Vivian!
Award ! #ASA2024 Honorable Mention for the Graduate student paper award in the Sociology of Law awarded to Faith Deckard, for “Surveilling Sureties: How Privately Mediated Monetary Sanctions Enroll and Responsibilize Families.” Congrats @Deckardfaith !

Award #ASA2024 ! Graduate student paper award in the Sociology of Law awarded to Jasmine Simington, for “Displaced Trust: Disrupting Legal Estrangement during Disaster Recovery.” (with thanks to Sandra Levitsky for the cameo appearance to receive it!) Congrats Jasmine !

#ASA2024 #ASA24 on Monday morning, Section and Community Open House, with representation from Sociology of Law Section too.
Come learn about ASA’s Sections and Communities at the first-ever #ASA2024 Section and Community Open House. Speak with Section and Community representatives, delve into their programming, and forge valuable connections, tomorrow at 8:00–9:30 a.m.
And a joint reception! Great to see so many from @SocLawSection @SocCrimeLawDev @HumanRightsASA @ASA_PWSC @AMSS_Section

And it’s about to start! Sociology of Law 2pm panel on Socio-Legal Approaches to Corruption and other Abuses of Power
And then … at 2pm on Sunday August 11 … more from @SocLawSection ! A panel on Socio-Legal Approaches to Corruption and Other Abuses of Power, from 2pm-3:30pm, Palais des Congrès, 511E
And we are on! 12pm Sociology of Law session on Empirical Approaches to Critical Race Theory .
Noon on Sunday Aug 11, and an incredible @SocLawSection panel on Empirical Approaches to Critical Race Theory. 12:00 to 1:30pm, Palais des Congrès, 511E. And here it is!
It’s on! 10am session on Big Ideas in the Sociology of Law: Consciousness, Classification, Deviance, Mobilization and Estrangement
Now, it’s Sunday, and it’s 10am. Where else but …. A @SocLawSection panel on Big Ideas in the Sociology of Law: Consciousness, Classification, Deviance, Mobilization, and Estrangement. That’s 10:00 to 11:30am, Palais des Congrès, 511E
We had a business meeting ! We gave awards !Pictures to come.
And the #ASA2024 #ASA24 Sociology of Law Roundtables begin!
The day starts with … our Sociology of Law Roundtables. They are August 11, 8:00 to 9:00am, Palais des Congrès, 517C. You’ll find a wide range of superb presentations and roundtables:
Huge congratulations from @SocLawSection to @Liz_Chiarello on the James F. Short Distinguished Article Award from @SocCrimeLawDev ! Congrats!
Feeling so honored to receive the James F. Short Distinguished Article Award from the ASA Crime, Law, and Deviance Section for Trojan Horse Technologies💗 Thank you to the selection committee and congratulations to all of the award winners!! #ASA2024 @SocCrimeLawDev @ASR_Journal
Are you in Montreal at @ASAnews #ASA2024 #ASA24 ? Not sure what to attend on Sunday 11 August ? Well here is a pretty busy day of panels, papers, roundtables, meetings, and a joint reception for the @SocLawSection !
Now maybe it’s easier if you have all of the @SocLawSection panels and events for @ASAnews #ASA2024 #ASA24 Sunday August 11 in one place. Fair enough! Here they all are again, in order of event! It’s a busy day!