SEMINAR COMPETITION
The SLSA Seminar Competition supports the delivery of either an individual seminar or short conference, or a series of events. There are no restrictions concerning the subject matter, provided that applicants can show relevance to the socio-legal community. We are happy to fund successful seminar proposals which can realistically draw other sources of funding in addition to an SLSA award.
This scheme is open for applications. The closing date is 31 October 2025.
COMPETITION GUIDANCE
Under this scheme, individual awards are between £500 and £4000.
Note: a proportion of this funding pot is ring-fenced for those in precarious employment.
Applicants to the scheme must be current members in good standing of the SLSA, wherever they live, on 31 October in the year of the application. You can check your membership status here.
Please download and read the guidance carefully before submitting your application.
You must use the online form for your grant application. Note: If you need the guidance or application form in an alternative, accessible format, please contact the SLSA Administrator.
Applicants will be advised of the success or otherwise of their applications in early February each year.
You are advised to look at the titles, reports and summaries from past grantholders published in previous issues of the Socio-Legal Newsletter to help you decide whether your project is appropriate for a grant.
Applying for a grant: 'dos' and 'don'ts'
Advice about applying for our funding schemes has appeared in past issues of the the Socio-Legal Newsletter. The guidance was updated in June 2024 by Rebecca Moosavian and Marie Selwood.
See below for the full list of past grantholders and project titles.
Seminar Committee
The Committee Chair is Professor Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghn, Cardiff University. For queries about this scheme: please email admin@slsa.ac.uk.
ROLL OF HONOUR
2025
Disability and Rights: The Possibilities and Limits of Rights Discourses under Neoliberalism
Danielle Watson, University of Leicester
Online hosted by University of Birmingham
£2991.62
13-14 June 2025
Decolonising the Body
Zaina Mahmoud, University of Liverpool
School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool
£2875
14 January 2026
Law, Drugs and the Moving Body
Kate Seear, La Trobe University,
University of Manchester
£3000
13 June 2025
Climate Change and Migration: New Challenges, Legal Responses, and Policy Solutions
Andrea Maria Pelliconi
University of Nottingham
£999.85
19 June 2024
Reforming Legal and Policy Responses to Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence
Eithne Dowds, Queen’s University Belfast, Elizabeth Agnew, Queen’s University Belfast, Susan Leahy, University of Limerick, & Siobhan Weare, Lancaster University
Venue: tbc
£2890
19–20 June 2025
Sexually Violent Figures and Carceral Systems: Transphobia, Transmisogyny and Sexual Violence
Nic Aaron, University of Hertfordshire, & Lizzie Hughes, Birkbeck University of London
Sheffield City Centre
£3000
28 September 2025
The Politics of Law and Emotion: Addressing Overlooked Emotions in Legal Fields
Kate Sandford, University of Liverpool
Venue: tbc
£2567
Date: tbc
Workshop: Legal Perspectives on Climate Reparations
Sahar Shar
University of Bristol
£996
4 April 2025