THE SLSA ARTICLE PRIZE
The SLSA Article Prize is awarded each year to an outstanding article published in a journal or as a book chapter. The £100 prize is funded by the SLSA membership.
Nominations open on 15 July 2026 and close on 6 October 2026.
NOMINATIONS
An article prize, open to all SLSA members, for the most outstanding piece of socio-legal scholarship published in the 12 months up to 30 September preceding the closing date for nominations. The winner is announced at the SLSA Annual Conference and receives £100. The closing date for nominations is the first Tuesday in October 2026.
All nominees and nominators must be current members in good standing of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
Nominations must be made via our online form. Note: if you need the rules or the form in an alternative, accessible format, please contact the SLSA Administrator.
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WINNERS
2018
Emily Grabham
Time and technique: the legal lives of the 26-week qualifying period
(2016) Economy and Society 45(3–4): 379–406
2017
Helen Carr
Legal technology in an age of austerity: documentation, 'functional' incontinence and the problem of dignity
(2015) in Dave Cowan and Dan Wincott (eds), Exploring the Legal in Socio-Legal Studies, Palgrave
2016
Lynette Chua
The vernacular mobilization of human rights in Myanmar's sexual orientation and gender identity movement
(2015) Law and Society Review 49(2): 299–332