SLSA MENTORING SCHEME:
CALL FOR MENTEES AND MENTORS
The SLSA’s mentoring scheme will return for the 2025–2026 academic year and we would love for you to be involved. This scheme forms part of delivering our EDI strategy to widen participation in the SLSA and the socio-legal community, including by members employed on precarious contracts.
Please circulate widely within your networks!
AIMS OF THE SCHEME
The aim of the scheme is to provide opportunities for members to create connections with other researchers, foster a sense of community, and create channels for knowledge transfer between more established socio-legal scholars and those in earlier stages of their careers or those wishing to return following career breaks.
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ORGANISATION OF THE SCHEME​
The scheme will offer 10 places to mentees. The scheme will kick-off with a plenary session in October 2025, and mentoring pairs will meet at least twice more remotely with the possibility of meeting in person at the SLSA Conference in March/April 2026 at The University of Sussex. In addition, two additional remote plenary sessions will be arranged with a focus on publishing, and funding/impact.
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PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME
The purpose of the scheme is to provide support for those who may face structural disadvantage in their academic careers in line with our EDI and anti-precarity commitments. Applications will be reviewed by the EDI Committee with this in mind.
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APPLICATION PROCESS
Prospective mentees are asked to send a completed application form along with a two-page CV to admin@slsa.ac.uk by 31 July 2025 to be considered for the scheme.
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CALL FOR MENTORS
If you would like to be a mentor on the scheme, please send a short expression of interest to mentoring@slsa.ac.uk outlining your areas of experience and expertise.
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