• Defne Över

    Defne is a political and cultural sociologist who serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University. Her research explores how political power is constructed, legitimized, and contested, with a primary empirical focus on contemporary autocratization, democratic backsliding, and social movements. Using an interdisciplinary framework, her scholarship brings sociological perspectives…

  • Leigha Crout

    Leigha is an American legal scholar specializing in constitutional law, comparative constitutionalism, human rights, and transnational legal networks. She serves as an Assistant Professor of Law at the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, while maintaining a role as a nonresident fellow at Stanford Law School’s Neukom Center for the Rule of Law. She…

  • Jothie Rajah

    Jothie is a socio-legal scholar whose research explores the intersections of law, language, and state power. She is a full-time Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation (ABF) in Chicago and serves as the Book Review Editor for the Law & Society Review. She completed her law and English degrees at the National University of…

  • Kim Lane Scheppele

    Kim is an American socio-legal scholar globally recognized for coining the concepts of “autocratic legalism” and the “Frankenstate”. She serves as the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at the Princeton University Department of Sociology, with joint appointments in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for…

  • Jeena Shah

    Jeena is an Associate Professor of Law at the CUNY School of Law, specializing in constitutional law, international law, and critical race theory. She is a prominent advocate of movement lawyering, a practice that prioritizes grassroots community organizing and collective power-building over traditional, top-down litigation strategies. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Drew University…

  • Michelle Le Roux

    Michelle is a South African advocate holding the rank of Senior Counsel. She is a member of both the Johannesburg Bar and the New York Bar, specializing in competition law, regulatory enforcement, and public law litigation at Group 621. Her public track record includes acting as legal counsel for the South African Human Rights Commission…

  • David M. Trubek

    David is an American legal scholar whose career focused on the development of the Law and Society (L&S) and Law and Development (L&D) fields. He is the Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Dean of International Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while holding roles as a Senior Global Fellow at FGV Direito SP in…

  • Rubens Glezer

    Rubens is a Brazilian legal scholar and Professor of Constitutional Law at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in São Paulo (FGV Direito SP). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), a Master’s degree in Law and Development from FGV, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and General…

  • Samuel Issacharoff

    Samuel is the Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU Law School. His wide-ranging research deals with issues in civil procedure (especially complex litigation and class actions), law and economics, constitutional law, particularly with regard to voting rights and electoral systems, and employment law. He is one of the pioneers in the law of the…

  • Mark Tushnet

    Mark is an American legal scholar specializing in constitutional law, constitutional history, and comparative constitutional theory. He is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School and previously taught at Georgetown University Law Center. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and both a Master’s degree and Juris Doctor…