OTHER NEWS
Here we bring together information about consultations, surveys, academic networks and other news of interest to SLSA members.
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SLSA NEWS
SLSA Postgraduate Conferences: Call for Host Organisations
The SLSA Board is inviting expressions of interest from members of the SLSA community who would like to volunteer to host the annual SLSA Postgraduate Conferences in 2027 and 2028 through their department or institution.
See announcement for details. Closing date for expressions of interest: Friday 12 December 2025.
SLSA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey Report published
In line with a commitment we made in 2021 to collect additional data at regular intervals, we launched our second EDI survey in October 2024. The SLSA Board is delighted to announce that the report was published on 4 August 2025.
Please visit our EDI page to find out more and download the report.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Impact of AI in Legal Education: call for survey participants
This survey, open to all legal educators in the UK and Poland, is focused upon the Impact of AI Tools on Academic Integrity, Originality, and Plagiarism in Legal Education.
Research team: Professor Piotr Piesiewicz and Professor Olga Piaskowska (SWPS University, Warsaw), Professor Caroline Strevens (University of Portsmouth) and Dr Emma Jones (University of Sheffield).
String theory – a conceptual experiment
Amanda Perry-Kessaris invites you to participate in String Theory, an experiment exploring how model making, performance and exhibition can enhance legal conceptualisation that was designed for the 2025 Summer Research Residence on Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law organised by Davina Cooper at Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.
Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Award: nominations open
Nominations for Law Teacher of the Year 2026 are open. The organisers are looking for exceptional lecturers: those who teach with passion, bring something unique to the classroom, and leave a lasting impact on everyone they work with.
Closing date: 12 December 2025.
Understanding Sentencing Decision-making Survey: your expertise requested
Shan Plant, a PhD researcher at the University of Sussex, supervised by Dr Simon Flacks and Professor Hans Crombag, would be grateful for the help of colleagues with her socio-legal research. It involves completing a survey relating to sentencing and drugs/addiction. Please visit website below.
Public Law Project: Price tag – Share Your Experiences of Costs in Judicial Review
The PLP's research team has launched a project investigating parties' experiences of costs in judicial review. The purpose is to produce a research report that makes recommendations for reform, setting a roadmap for a system that is fair and efficient for all parties and facilitates judicial review's crucial purpose to defend the rule of law.
UKRI Stakeholder Survey: invitation to participate
UKRI is asking its communities to share their views by taking part in our 2025 stakeholder perspectives survey.
The perspectives survey is now in its third year.
It provides valuable insight to UKRI on where we are performing well and how we can improve to better meet the needs of our external stakeholders.
Closing date: 31 December 2025.
Women of Colour Legal Academics in the UK PhD study: call for participants
Henna Masih-Shana, a PhD student at the Kent Law School, would like to hear from Women of Colour Legal Academics in the UK across various career stages who would be willing to participate in this study. Henna's supervisors are Professor Naomi Creutzfeldt and Dr Suhraiya Jivraj. This is a UKRI-funded PhD study exploring the intersectional experiences of Women of Colour Legal Academics in the UK.
The study is concerned with the personal and professional experiences of Women of Colour legal academics including the strategies, and barriers that they face in the UK legal academy. It is driven by a critical need to understand the unique challenges and opportunities that Women of Colour legal academics encounter through an intersectional lens.
The research also aims to explore the practical implementation of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies within universities and how they impact Women of Colour legal academics. Therefore, contributions from staff involved in the development, implementation and/or evaluation of such policies will be particularly insightful to provide critical perspectives on the effectiveness of such policies for fostering a truly inclusive academic environment.
Participation is open to Women of Colour Legal Academics in the UK across various career stages, from early career researchers to professors as well as staff working in University Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy.
Participation involves a 1-1.5 hour interview and an optional focus group.
See announcement for details of how to get in touch.
Research on International Kinship Placements – call for participants
Sara Bellamio, a PhD student in Socio-Legal Studies at Lancaster University, is seeking interviewees for her research study which explores international kinship placements of children and the challenges that family justice practitioners encounter when considering such placements.
As part of the study, she is looking to interview professionals with experience in international kinship placements (eg lawyers, children’s guardians, social workers or other professionals with relevant experience) to better understand their perspectives and insights on these issues.
To find out more, contact s.bellamio@lancaster.ac.uk.