OTHER NEWS
Here we bring together information about consultations, surveys, academic networks and other news of interest to SLSA members.
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SLSA NEWS
SLSA Postgraduate Conferences: Call for Host Organisations
The SLSA Board is inviting expressions of interest from members of the SLSA community who would like to volunteer to host the annual SLSA Postgraduate Conferences in 2027 and 2028 through their department or institution.
See announcement for details. Closing date for expressions of interest: Friday 12 December 2025.
SLSA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey Report published
In line with a commitment we made in 2021 to collect additional data at regular intervals, we launched our second EDI survey in October 2024. The SLSA Board is delighted to announce that the report was published on 4 August 2025.
Please visit our EDI page to find out more and download the report.
SLSA funding schemes open for applications
The SLSA's five funding schemes are now open:
Closing date: 31 October 2025.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Impact of AI in Legal Education: call for survey participants
This survey, open to all legal educators in the UK and Poland, is focused upon the Impact of AI Tools on Academic Integrity, Originality, and Plagiarism in Legal Education.
Research team: Professor Piotr Piesiewicz and Professor Olga Piaskowska (SWPS University, Warsaw), Professor Caroline Strevens (University of Portsmouth) and Dr Emma Jones (University of Sheffield).
String theory – a conceptual experiment
Amanda Perry-Kessaris invites you to participate in String Theory, an experiment exploring how model making, performance and exhibition can enhance legal conceptualisation that was designed for the 2025 Summer Research Residence on Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law organised by Davina Cooper at Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.
Law Commission review of the law of homicide: call for evidence
The call for evidence outlines the recommendations in the Law Commission's report on murder, manslaughter and infanticide in 2006, and commentary on and developments in the law since then. The document sets out the scope of the new project and invites evidence from stakeholders on a range of issues that may be considered within the project.
Closing date: 31 October 2025.
Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Award: nominations open
Nominations for Law Teacher of the Year 2026 are open. The organisers are looking for exceptional lecturers: those who teach with passion, bring something unique to the classroom, and leave a lasting impact on everyone they work with.
Closing date: 12 December 2025.