Dear Colleagues,

I write to share the sad news of the passing of Marc Galanter, a former President of the Law and Society Association and an influential scholar of the law and society movement.

Marc’s contributions to the field were wide-ranging and enduring, shaping generations of scholarship and helping to define the contours of our intellectual community.

We have created a space where members of our community can share their own memories and reflections of Marc. You can visit the in memoriam page here:

We also invite you to view an interview with Marc conducted as part of the Conversations in Law and Society Series hosted by the Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley Law. The interview, along with other conversations with foundational figures in the field, is available here:

We hope these spaces will serve as places for collective remembrance and appreciation of Marc’s many contributions to our field and to the Association.

With sympathy,

Steve Boutcher