CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIO-LEGAL COMMUNITY
This prestigious annual prize honours individuals who have made an exceptional and enduring contribution to the socio-legal community. It celebrates those whose sustained efforts have enriched the field of socio-legal studies and helped to strengthen, support and inspire our community.
NOMINATIONS
This prize is sponsored by a private benefactor. The winner of the SLSA Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community receives £500 plus lifetime membership of the SLSA.
Calls for nominations are issued each year via the SLSA ebulletin and newsletter. SLSA members are invited to submit nominations stating in 100 words why the person they are nominating would be a worthy recipient of the prize.
Nominations open in June each year and should be emailed to admin@slsa.ac.uk. Closing date: first Monday in September each year.
The winner is announced at the end of November in the autumn issue of the Socio-Legal Newsletter each year.
WINNERS
2025
David Sugarman
The six nominators cited his long and distinguished career in socio-legal studies, his prolific and diverse scholarly output, his leadership, mentorship and collaborative working, his legal life-writing and his vast contribution to modern socio-legal historical studies,…