Socio-Legal Studies Association


Where law meets social sciences & the humanities

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AcSS Fellows

Nine SLSA members elected

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SLSA 2024 26–28 March 2024

In-person registration closed. Registration for remote attendees closes 22 March 2024

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Where law meets social sciences & the humanities

Welcome to the Socio-Legal Studies Association, a UK registered charity whose aims are 'to advance education and learning in the field of socio-legal studies and to promote research'. Please take a few moments to explore the site to find out about our numerous activities and the benefits of joining the SLSA.

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SLSA Gift Aid page

Thanks to its status as a UK registered charity, the SLSA can now claim Gift Aid on all donations.

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Notification of SLSA AGM

The SLSA AGM 2024 will take place on 27 March at the University of Portsmouth.

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Socio-Legal Newsletter

The next newsletter deadline is 20 May 2024. We look forward to hearing members' news!

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Stream Convenor Impact Funding

Are you an SLSA Stream Convenor? If so, you could get up to £1000 to fund an impact activity. Apply before the next SLSA Board meeting: 16 May 2024.

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SLSA Nominations of Panel Members for REF 2021

Members of the REF2021 expert panels will be appointed through a nominations process. As an association with a clear interest in the conduct, quality, funding and wider benefits of publicly-funded research, the SLSA has been invited to nominate individuals for panel membership.

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The funding bodies are seeking nominations of candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds, institution types and geographical region. They particularly welcome nominations of candidates from groups previously under-represented on assessment panels, including women, people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and disabled people.

The funding bodies are seeking nominations for candidates to be:

  • additional main panel members (with expertise in leading, commissioning or making use of interdisciplinary research, leading research internationally, or senior level experience in the commissioning, use or wider benefits of research)
  • sub-panel members and assessors (including practising researchers, individuals with expertise in commissioning, applying or making use of research, and interdisciplinary advisers).

When making nominations the SLSA are required to submit a range of information about each nominated individual. We are also required to consider equality and diversity issues and report on how we have taken these into account in our nominations process.

Whilst many of our members are likely to have research submitted to the Law sub-panel (UoA 18), we are aware that there are socio-legal scholars whose research is more likely to be returned to other, allied panels, including UoA 20 (Social Work and Social Policy) and UoA 21 (Sociology). We will consider nominations across these disciplinary boundaries as appropriate.

The SLSA Executive Committee have established the following REF2021 Nominations Process:

  • Any person seeking nomination from the SLSA to any of the REF2021 expert panels outlined above must submit an expression of interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 5pm on Wednesday 29 November 2017.
  • Expressions of interest must include all of the required information for the nomination form (Annex E, Nomination Information). Please note that nominations cannot be considered without this information.
  • Anyone expressing an interest in nomination should also ensure that they have read the information about the roles and workload implications in the ‘Roles and recruitment of expert panels’ (REF 2017/03) document.

Following receipt of expressions of interest in nomination, the SLSA Executive Committee will consider all expressions of interest. Final nomination decisions will be made bearing in mind the need to consider and nominate a wide range of individuals from across the diversity of the socio-legal research community.

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