Socio-legal news
Welcome to the news section of the SLSA website. This area is divided into the following categories:
- Events
- Publications
- Research and funding
- Vacancies
- Consultations, inquiries and surveys
- Other announcements
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New for week ending 3 December 2021
Events
ERC Consolidator Grants Webinar: online from the British Academy
'Authoritarian Constitutions' Series: The nation-state: not yet ready for the dustbin of history?, online from QMUL
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Doctoral Training Programme: Information session for applicants – online from Queen's University Belfast
SLSA events and co-sponsored events
SLSA York 2022: call for papers and posters – call closes 7 January 2022
SLSA Postgraduate Conference 2022: registration now open – this online event is FREE
LSA Global Meeting 2022, hybrid conference, online and Lisbon, Portugal
Mental Capacity in the Context of Sexual Relationships and Intimacy, Keele University
Publications
Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: 'The Making of Truths in Dutch Criminal Court' by Marina Kurkchiyan
Research and funding
Horizon Europe Pump Priming: UK and EU partners – open for applications
Vacancies
The Law Teacher: Policy and Education Developments Editor: deadline extended to Monday 31 January 2022
The Law Teacher: Social Media Editor: deadline extended to Monday 31 January 2022
Vacancies
The Law Teacher: Policy and Education Developments Editor: deadline extended to Monday 31 January 2022
Applications are invited for this roll on the The Law Teacher: The International Journal of Legal Education. See announcement for full details.
The Law Teacher: Social Media Editor: deadline extended to Monday 31 January 2022
Applications are invited for this roll on the The Law Teacher: The International Journal of Legal Education. See announcement for full details.
Four fellowships in interdisciplinary legal studies, Baldy Center for Law and Sociay Policy, Buffalo, NY
Applications are invited for these fellowships for the 2022/23 academic year. See website for details. Closing date: 2 February 2022.
Chair in the field of child and youth rights, Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Applications are invited for the above post at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. See announcement for full details. Closing date: 1 January 2022.
Baldy Center Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies 2022–2023
The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo School of Law, New York State, plans to award up to four fellowships to scholars pursuing important topics in law, legal institutions, and social policy. See webpage for details. Closing date: 2 February 2022.
Consultations, inquiries and surveys
Sentencing Council: Terrorism Offences Consultation
The Sentencing Council has just published a consultation paper on the sentencing of terrorism offences. See website for details. Closing date: 11 January 2021.
Other announcements
Sentencing Council New Strategy: The next five years
The Sentencing Council is launching a new strategy that will shape its work for the next five years. The strategy follows a public consultation that asked what the Council’s objectives should be for the coming years and how it should balance its priorities within the resources it has at its disposal.
The strategy identifies five objectives that will be the Council’s main priorities and the actions it will take to achieve them. Developing and revising guidelines will continue to be the core of the Council’s work. It will build on the evidence that underpins the guidelines, work to improve understanding of effectiveness of sentencing and extend its efforts to strengthen public confidence by providing more opportunities for people to find out about sentencing and how it works.
Consistent with one very strong message received from consultees, the Council has also made a commitment to place equality and diversity at the heart of all its work.
Alongside the strategy, the Council has published a response to the consultation, which sets out the Council’s thinking and the rationale behind the five objectives.
Academic Mentoring: Professor Didi Herman
Professor Didi Herman has retired from Kent Law School and is now offering confidential help to individuals and universities looking to improve scholarship for publication, mentoring, and the REF. See her website for details.
‘Vulnerable Accused’: Monthly online 'work-in-progress' group
A work-in-progress group focusing on the ‘Vulnerable Accused’ convenes once a month via Zoom. Individuals can present a paper/chapter/book proposal, a grant proposal or findings from their research. It is a relatively informal group which encourages supportive discussion. Anyone interested in being added to the mailing list should email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 7 November 2021 to keep up to date and to receive invites to sessions.