Socio-legal news
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- Events
- Publications
- Research and funding
- Vacancies
- Consultations, inquiries and surveys
- Other announcements
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News
Events
7th Annual Conference of the Partnership, LLP and LLC Law Forum, Nottingham Law School
Being a Judge in Israel; Taking judging seriously, online guest lecture from Global South Network, University of Leicester
Roundtable on Forced Scam Labour and Human Trafficking, online
European Research Council Advanced Grant Webinar, online from the British Academy
Heritage in War and Peace IV: Human rights perspectives through past, present and future, University of Strathclyde: call for papers
Publications
Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: Working with Archives – Law and Historiography
Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: Queer Legal Praxis
New book – Property in Contemporary Capitalism, by Paddy Ireland: 25% discount for SLSA members
Latest Nuffield Foundation Newsletter published
National Council for Research Methods: latest issue of Methods News published
Research and funding
British Academy Talent Development Awards
Criminal Cases Review Commission: call for research proposals
Nuffield Foundation: simplifying the grant application process
Nuffield Foundation: Research, Development and Analysis Fund – deadline extended
Other
Professor Jiří Přibáň appointed Judge of the Czech Constitutional Court
Vacancies
Lecturer in Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
Applications are invited for this full-time permanent post at MMU Law School. There is also an opportunity for a teaching-focused fixed-term one-year maternity leave cover lectureship. See website for details. Closing date: 8 July 2024.
Temporary (6 months) Senior Fellow, JUSTICE: Securing access to justice: reviewing the Windrush compensation, EU Settlement Scheme, and Afghan Resettlement Schemes
Applications are invited for this six-month, four days per week, fellowship at JUSTICE. See website for detail. Closing date: 30 June 2024.
The CLS Visiting Fellowship, Centre of Law and Society, Cardiff University: call for applications
The Centre of Law and Society invites early career scholars and emerging researchers to apply for the CLS fellowships in the academic year 2024/25. See announcement for details. Closing date: 28 June 2024.
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Visitors' Programme: open for applications
Applications are invited for the CSLS's Visitors' Programme. See website for details. Closing date: 5 July 2024. See website for details.
Consultations, inquiries and surveys
Sentencing Council: Consultation on draft sentencing guideline for non-fatal strangulation and suffocation
The Sentencing Council is consulting on a new sentencing guideline for two new offences – non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation. See website for details. Closing date: 14 August 2024.
Other announcements
Professor Jiří Přibáň appointed Judge of the Czech Constitutional Court
Professor Jiří Přibáň has been appointed to serve as a Judge of the Czech Constitutional Court. Professor Přibáň is Director of the Centre of Law and Society, University of Cardiff, and an editor of the Journal of Law and Society. An eminent socio-legal scholar and long-standing member of the SLSA, he has won both the Socio-Legal Article Prize (2006) and Socio-Legal Theory and History Prize (2016). His research interests span social theory and philosophy of law; systems theory of law; law, ethics and social values; legitimacy and legality; constitutional theory, EU constitutionalism; and social justice and political dissent. See Learned Society of the Czech Republic website for further details.
2024 CSLS Annual Lecture Recording released online and openly accessible
The Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies has released the video of its 2024 annual lecture is now accessible on an open access basis. This year's lecture was delivered by Professor Annelise Riles. See website for details.
How is your research evaluated? Invitation to Springer Nature global survey
Springer Nature is carrying out an anonymous global study to gather researchers’ views about the way their work is evaluated, and how they would like to see this develop in the future. See announcement for details. There is the option to sign up for a $250 prize draw. Closing date: 26 July 2024.
Next Hundred Years: Survey on Artificial Intelligence
In partnership with She Breaks the Law the Next Hundred Years Project has launched a Survey on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The survey is open to ALL women who work in the legal profession and those in legal roles. We want to understand the impact of AI for women in law, the role they are playing in embracing it, how they making their voices heard and addressing some of the biases we know exist. With AI representing the future economy and opportunities in and beyond legal, Next 100 Years and She Breaks the Law want to ensure women in law’s voices aren’t just participating in the Great AI Conversation, but leading it.
See website for details.
Springer Nature: Book publishing essentials – free mini-course
Springer Nature’s free mini-course on book publishing consists of five modules emailed to you every week for five weeks. See website for details.
Public Engagement Training Sessions, online from School of Advanced Study, University of London
Each year, the SAS Public Engagement team offers a series of training sessions alongside Being Human Festival, the UK's national festival of the humanities. Whether you are a researcher with experience in engagement or are trying out public engagement for the first time, the training series covers some of the key knowledge and skills to help you connect the wider public with research. The course runs from April to October this year. See website for details.
NCRM 20th Anniversary Impact Prize: call for applications
The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is inviting researchers to apply for the NCRM 20th Anniversary Impact Prize. The competition is open to anyone who has participated in NCRM training, used NCRM resources, taken part in an NCRM initiative, event or network, or been in receipt of NCRM funding, since the NCRM was founded in 2004. See website for details. Closing date: 2 June 2024.
Virtual Reading Group on Property Law: call for expressions of interest
Are you interested in joining a virtual reading group on Property Law? If so, please email Dr Tola Amodu at
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.
Professor Herman is now also offering expert consultancy to law schools for advance preparation for REF 2028.