2026 Northeast Law and Society Retreat
Hosted by the Center for Justice, Law, and Societies
Content
The Northeast Law and Society Retreat, hosted by the Center for Justice, Law, and Societies at UMass Amherst, brings together graduate students and faculty from the region who engage in the study of law from social science and humanistic perspectives. The event will be holding three plenaries beginning at noon on public engagement, law and political participation, and migration and democracy. Registration is free for Five College faculty and students until September 15.
For more on the event, please visit the CJLS website or register here.
The event schedule is as follows:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Professionalization Training on Public Engagement
1:00pm - 2:30pm
“Law and Political Participation”
Joseph Cozza (Smith College, Jonathan Obert (Amherst College), Erin Pineda (Smith College) and Jesse Rhodes (UMass Amherst)
3:00pm - 4:30pm
“Migration and Democracy”
Rhacel Parrenas (Princeton University), Jaya Ramji-Nogales (Temple University), and Michael Ahn Parlberg (Virginia Commonwealth University)
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Reception with cash bar
NEW! Undergraduate Research Poster Session
This year, undergraduate students from the Five Colleges and beyond are invited to share their research as part of a poster session. The posters will be set up in the morning (by 11:30am) and taken down at the end of the day (by 6pm). The posters should focus on original research projects related to law, broadly defined. Poster submissions are competitive and will be selected by a team of faculty members. Posters should be no larger than 36 X 48. Participants are encouraged to follow this advice when creating their posters: https://honorspaths.honors.umass.edu/massurc/home/creating_your_poster.
To apply for this opportunity or to ask any questions, please send a one-page description of the research project and a resume to Professors Paul Collins (pmcollins [at] umass [dot] edu (pmcollins[at]umass[dot]edu)) and Jamie Rowen (jrowen [at] umass [dot] edu (jrowen[at]umass[dot]edu)). Applications are due on September 15, 2026.