The Socio-Legal Newsletter
The Socio-Legal Newsletter was launched in 1989 to provide news and information to the socio-legal community. It is published three times a year, in the spring, summer and winter terms. Since the autumn of 2007 the newsletter has been financed by generous sponsorship from UK law schools committed to promoting socio-legal studies. If you would like your institution to be involved in this initiative, please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details of the scheme. Our current academic sponsors are: Birkbeck; Cardiff; Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford; Exeter University; Kent University; Liverpool University; London School of Economics; Nottingham University; Queen's University Belfast; Warwick Law School; and Westminster University.
The newsletter is also sponsored by the Journal of Law and Society.
The newsletter is always in need of good ideas and contributions. Members and non-members are invited to contact the editor, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , with their ideas and comments.
Content
Items for the newsletter are invited from members and non-members. Academics
at all stages of their careers are also encouraged to contribute. Possible ideas for submission are:
- articles and features on any subject of interest to the socio-legal community
- responses or follow-up items to articles and features in previous issues
- news items
- information about conferences, seminars and workshops
- details of forthcoming research projects and work in progress
- research findings
- information about courses
- details of publications (recent or forthcoming)
- announcements about promotions, new responsibilities, new initiatives, prizes and awards
- ... anything else of interest to SLSA members.
Schedule
The editor welcomes enquiries about the newsletter throughout the year. Members are reminded via the email network about copy deadlines and publication dates. The schedule is as follows:
Spring 2013: No 69
Now published
Summer 2013: No 70
Copy deadline: 20 May 2013
Publication: 24 June 2013
Autumn/Winter 2013: No 71
Copy deadline: 21 October 2013
Publication: 25 November 2013
Advertising
The Socio-Legal Newsletter carries a limited amount of advertising on the back page and in the form of inserts. Current rates are: back page £600; inserts £350 (a surcharge for weight may be applicable). If you are interested in booking, please contact the editor.
Contact details
The newsletter editor is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. tel 01227 770189.
Newsletter archive
Socio-Legal Newsletters Nos 37–66 are available for download. Issue 67 has now been published and will be available for download in winter 2012. The newsletters are in pdf format. You must have Acrobat Reader installed to view them properly.
Summer 2002 Issue 37 Winter 2002 Issue 38 Spring 2003 Issue 39 Summer 2003 Issue 40 Winter 2003 Issue 41 Spring 2004 Issue 42 Summer 2004 Issue 43 Winter 2004 Issue 44 Spring 2005 Issue 45 Summer 2005 Issue 46 Winter 2005 Issue 47 Spring 2006 Issue 48 Summer 2006 Issue 49 Winter 2006 Issue 50 Spring 2007 Issue 51 Summer 2007 Issue 52 Winter 2007 Issue 53 Spring 2008 Issue 54 Summer 2008 Issue 55 Winter 2008 Issue 56 Spring 2009 Issue 57 Summer 2009 Issue 58 Winter 2009 Issue 59 Spring 2010 Issue 60 Summer 2010 Issue 61 Winter 2010 Issue 62 Spring 2011 Issue 63 Summer 2011 Issue 64 Winter 2011 Issue 65 Spring 2012 Issue 66 Summer 2012 Issue 67
Winter 2012 Issue 68
Spring 2013 Issue 69 willl be available for download in June 2013.
Newsletter index
The newsletter index has been extensively revised and updated. It covers issues issues 37 (summer 2002) to issue 64 (summer 2011). It is now available free for download in pdf format.
The index was created by Marie Selwood.
Socio-legal publications
The publications pages of the newsletter have been extracted and indexed separately to provide an additional resource for socio-legal scholars. This valuable document is available free of charge to download: Socio-legal Publications digest 2002–2011.