Socio-Legal Studies Association


Where law meets social sciences & the humanities

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AcSS Fellows

Nine SLSA members elected

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SLSA 2024 26–28 March 2024

In-person registration closed. Registration for remote attendees closes 22 March 2024

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Where law meets social sciences & the humanities

Welcome to the Socio-Legal Studies Association, a UK registered charity whose aims are 'to advance education and learning in the field of socio-legal studies and to promote research'. Please take a few moments to explore the site to find out about our numerous activities and the benefits of joining the SLSA.

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SLSA Gift Aid page

Thanks to its status as a UK registered charity, the SLSA can now claim Gift Aid on all donations.

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Notification of SLSA AGM

The SLSA AGM 2024 will take place on 27 March at the University of Portsmouth.

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Socio-Legal Newsletter

The next newsletter deadline is 20 May 2024. We look forward to hearing members' news!

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Stream Convenor Impact Funding

Are you an SLSA Stream Convenor? If so, you could get up to £1000 to fund an impact activity. Apply before the next SLSA Board meeting: 16 May 2024.

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Impact and Law Reform Conference

This one-day conference was organised by the SLSA and the Society for Legal Scholars in collaboration with the Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission. 


Date: 11 June 2019

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DR

Keynote speaker: Brenda Hale (President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE)

Other speakers and discussion leaders included: Sir Nicholas Green, Chair, Law Commission of England; Professor Joanne Conaghan; Professir Hector MacQueen; Professor Gillian Douglas; Professor Diamond Ashigabor; Dr Andrew Steven; Professor Rosie Harding; Dr John MacLeod; Professor Liz Trinder; and Professor Janet Ulph.

‘Impact’ has become an increasingly important aspect of academic work over the last decade. This conference – co-organised by the SLSA, the Society of Legal Scholars, the Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission – aimed to reflect on how academic legal research has influenced and informed law reform in the past, engage in debate and dialogue on contemporary law reform projects, and equip legal researchers with the tools they require to generate legal and policy impacts in the future.

The conference sought to address the following questions:

  • How can legal researchers work with the Law Commissions to advance law reform agendas?
  • What approaches to impact and law reform have worked well in the past?
  • How can legal researchers develop the skills required to facilitate legal and policy impact?
  • What are the foreseeable future challenges and opportunities for legal and policy impact?
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