Annual conference

SLSA annual conference

The SLSA has been running an annual conference since the association was founded in 1990. Our conferences are central to our objective of the dissemination of knowledge in the field of socio-legal studies. For details about past conferences, please visit our socio-legal events archive section.

SLSA Conference 2012 prize draw winner

The prize draw was held at De Montfort University at 2pm on Thursday 5 April 5 2012 in the base room and the winner was drawn by one of our student helpers watched by conference staff and students. The conference team are delighted to announce that the winner of a PC tablet is Anna Rita Popoli, University of Bologna, Italy. Congratulations are extended to Anna from Gavin, Andre, Martin and Kate and the prize will be shortly ‘in the post’.

University of York

26–28 March 2013

The next SLSA annual conference will be hosted by York Law School. The conference organiser is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Further details will be published in due course.

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

In 2014, the SLSA will be returning to Scotland as the guests of Robert Gordon University.

Future hosts 

The SLSA executive is seeking expressions of interest from universities wishing to host our annual conferences in subsequent years. The conference usually takes place during the Easter break each year. The criteria we have applied in the past are:  

  • a strong local team of organisers, supported by their head of department
  • a venue capable of catering for approximately 300 delegates
  • overnight accommodation for about 200 people 
  • a range of types of accommodation close to the conference venue
  • an accessible location
  • good quality seminar rooms within walking distance of each other
  • a central area suitable for registration, publishers’ stands and coffee.

In recent years local teams have often been supported by a university conference office or department. The SLSA Executive Committee is also able to provide support in the form of a conference sub-committee. Anyone wishing to have an informal chat about the possibility of hosting the conference should contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .