Following from our MLR workshop last year, @zainamahmoud.bsky.social and I are organising a workshop on embodiment & colonialism in November! We are grateful to the @slsauk.bsky.social for supporting this event and look forward to what we hope will be a great discussion.

Check out this recent SLSA blog post by Temitope Omotola Odusanya - Binary Boundaries: Gender Parity Under the Supreme Court’s Biological Definition of Woman: www.slsa.ac.uk/post/binary-...

SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference Mobilising Rights, Building Movements session with P. Boopathi (chair: James Brittain) Video: youtube.com/watch?v=bWqn... Abstract(s): marxismdisability.wordpress.com/mobilising-r... @slsauk.bsky.social #Neoliberalism #Marxism (3/8)

The SLSA Board is delighted to announce the publication of the SLSA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Survey Report 2025. It presents the results and analysis of the survey responses and plans for taking our EDI strategy forward based on member input. Thanks to all. www.slsa.ac.uk/_files/ugd/e...

All the SLSA funding schemes are now open for applications: Research Grants, PhD Fieldwork Grants, Impact Grants, Seminar Competition, International Collaboration Funding. Closing date: 31 October 2025. For more information follow the link to the new website: www.slsa.ac.uk/grants

SLSA Prizes are now open for nominations. The six prizes are: Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community Hart–SLSA Book Prize, Hart-SLSA Book Prize for Early Career Academics, Socio-legal Theory and History Prize Socio-Legal Article Prize Impact Prize. More info here: www.slsa.ac.uk/prizes

SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - For & Against Rights: Legalism and Resistance under Neoliberalism with Lizzie Hughes & Jenny Logan (chair: Ioana Cerasella Chis) Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND9H... Abstracts: marxismdisability.wordpress.com/for-and-agai... @slsauk.bsky.social (2/8)

The SLSA’s mentoring scheme is returning for the 2025–2026 academic year and we would love for you to be involved. For full details, please visit our mentoring page www.slsa.ac.uk/mentoring The calls for mentors and mentees close this Thursday 31 July 2025

The SLSA Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the launch of the new SLSA website and membership database. www.slsa.ac.uk The new site retains the familiar SLSA logo and branding throughout, but we have taken the opportunity to refresh the text, images and accessibility. Sign up and take a look

We have a new LinkedIn page which is open to everyone and anyone (unlike the closed group) Please follow us on there:- www.linkedin.com/company/soci...

Following the AGM in April, the following vacant officer roles were filled over two meetings in May and July: Vice Chair: Elisabeth Griffiths; Honorary Secretary: Emma Jones; International Liaison Officer: Daniel Bedford; Blog Co-editor: Arwen Joyce; Recruitment Secretary: Jennifer Hough.

@robdjones.bsky.social and I are guest editing a special issue of @howardjournalcj.bsky.social which explores the rights of prisoners in the UK and elsewhere. It follows an @slsauk.bsky.social seminar held in Liverpool in 2023, and features a brilliant set of legal academics and criminologists.

The migration to our new website is scheduled for this weekend, and while we anticipate minimal disruption, we would appreciate your patience and understanding in case there are any access issues. We will be in touch again once the new website is live. Exciting!

2026 Annual Conference, University of Sussex 30 March-1 April Call for current topics open! Deadline is 18.00 (BST) on 28 August 2025. A current topic is a one-off contemporary topic of debate/ issue of emerging importance, attracting at least six papers. See more ⬇️ slsa.ac.uk/index.php/ne...

The SLSA mentoring scheme for 25/26 is now open for applications. This scheme supports us in delivering our EDI strategy to widen participation in the SLSA and the socio-legal community. Create connections by joining the scheme. Mentors needed too. Application details ⬇️ slsa.ac.uk/index.php/ne...

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The SLSA is looking for a new PG Rep to its Board as one of our current PG reps, Mini Saxena, has recently stepped down after two years of service. Thanks @min-i.bsky.social it's been great working with you! For further info about the role [email protected]. 7/7/25 closing see below

In this week’s #Frontiers 🎙️Talking about Methods podcast🎙️Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about doing participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective. 🎧 Listen to the full podcast here:   frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/participator...

My contribution to this SLSA blog series exploring people's experiences of law through the lens of migration, argues that the term 'low-skilled' should be banished from the labour migration discourse. @leicesterlawschool.bsky.social @slsauk.bsky.social slsablog.co.uk/blog/blog-po...

@slsauk.bsky.social has kindly shared news of our latest special issue in their newsletter. Very many thanks! slsa.ac.uk/index.php/ne...

Congratulations to @smitakheria.bsky.social who has been elected as the Chair of the SLSA! (@slsauk.bsky.social) Dr Kheria was elected during the SLSA’s annual conference and is the first woman of colour to hold the position since the association was established. Read more: edin.ac/4iH7JhP

Max Planck Law was represented at the 2025 SLSA Annual Conference with presentations, a methodological workshop, and a dedicated stand. Read all about it: law.mpg.de/news/max-pla... @slsauk.bsky.social @zeynepcaglar.bsky.social #SLSA2025

In this week’s #Frontiers, Borderlands section, Bev Clough (Manchester Metropolitan) and Anna Nelson (Manchester) introduce a new research network which seeks to explore novel dynamics in - and approaches to - medical law. 📖 Read the full post here: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/shifting-dyn...

It’s been an excellent @slsauk.bsky.social annual conference at Liverpool. Incredibly grateful to Profs Marie Fox and Helen Stalford, and the organising team, @livunislsj.bsky.social for all their work, diligence, and commitment. 🙏🏽 Congratulations for hosting such a successful conference! #SLSA2025.

Delighted to have been elected as the Chair of the @slsauk.bsky.social and many thanks to everyone who attended the AGM at #SLSA2025. It is a real privilege for me to follow Professor John Harrington in this role and I'm very excited to continue working with the board for the socio-legal community.

I’m delighted to have jointly won the 2025 impact prize - thank you very much to the SLSA and congratulations to fellow winner Mark Walters, as well as all the nominees and winners across the categories. This prize is for my work challenging the revocation of same-sex marriage in Bermuda so…

🎬 That’s a wrap on #SLSA2025! We’re proud to have hosted the UK’s leading socio-legal event here in Liverpool. 3 days, 900+ papers, a powerful plenary reflecting on Hillsborough, a dedicated postgrad programme & more! Huge thanks to everyone who joined us! 🙌 @slsauk.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted to say that we will be hosting SLSA 2027 at Northumbria. Lots of work to come but it will be a great event!

At the Gala dinner in the splendid St George’s Hall Liverpool Professor Joanne Conaghan @joanneconaghan.bsky.social - a true pioneer of feminist legal studies - received the SLSA Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community 2024: ‘Joanne is a fearless, generous and effective colleague’

Just like that another year is over. Thanks for a great conference @livunislsj.bsky.social Great collaborations, loads of fantastic research, amazing gala dinner in St George's Hall, friendships new and old. As always, Liverpool you have been brilliant. Roll on 2026 @sussex.ac.uk here we come!

This year we have joint winners 🙌🙌 for the Impact Prize Nicola Barker @nicolabarker.bsky.social University of Liverpool for Challenging the Revocation of Same-Sex Marriage in Bermuda Mark Walters, @markawalters.bsky.social for Establishing a new framework of hate crime legislation for Seychelles

Congratulations to Lynette Chua winner of the best Article Prize for ‘He Is Still Your Father’: Tetherings, Welfare Laws, and Troubled Parental Maintenance Litigation in Taiwan. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Congratulations 🥳 to the winner of the @hartpublishing.bsky.social SLSA Prize for Early Career Academics - Francesca Meloni @francescameloni.bsky.social for ‘Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality’ www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/ways-of-belo...

Congratulations to the winners 🙌 of the @hartpublishing.bsky.social Book Prize AND Socio-Legal Theory and History Prize Joanne Conaghan @joanneconaghan.bsky.social Yvette Russell @yvetterusse11.bsky.social ‘Sexual History Evidence and the Rape Trial' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sexual-histo...

Last night, the #SLSA2025 Gala Dinner and prize ceremony took place at the stunning St George’s Hall. Congratulations to all the 2025 prizewinners! 🏆 - Joanne Conaghan - Yvette Russell - Francesca Meloni - Lynette J Chua - Nicola Barker - Mark Walters 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 @slsauk.bsky.social

Scholars @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social may find our Reflections on Writing series particularly useful. Ideas from leading scholars on the craft, getting unstuck, building a writing routine, co-writing and much more nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni....

Congratulations 🙌🏼 to all the winners of the SLSA prizes-fuller post tomorrow with links and photos etc. but for now huge congratulations to Joanne Conaghan Yvette Russell Francesca Meloni Lynette Chua Nicola Barker Mark Walters Congrats to all who were shortlisted 🎉🥳 Fabulous group of people

Are you looking for a place to publish your paper from @slsauk.bsky.social 2025? We are a generalist law journal and publish around 1/3 of our content open access. See here for more nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...!

My companions to the panel in the welfare citizenship & social rights stream. Kinder spirits in the panel and around it, thinking Poverty Awareness Paradigm is needed in law even if they don't call it by that name ;) #SLSA2025 @lukedgraham.bsky.social @slsauk.bsky.social @jedmeers.bsky.social

First ever conference presentation at @slsauk.bsky.social done! I apologise to the audience for having to witness me shake like a leaf for 20 minutes but I'm happy I did it 😊

We are delighted to be one of the sponsors @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 @livunislsj.bsky.social! Wishing all attendees a wonderful conference and visit to Liverpool!

At the SLSA AGM today 16 April at the University of Liverpool, Smita Kheria @smitakheria.bsky.social University of Edinburgh, was elected as the Chair of the SLSA.

The following SLSA members were elected to the Board at the AGM on 16 April at Liverpool University: Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan Dave Cowan Joy Debski Jennifer Hough Arwen Joyce Caer Smyth Clare Williams

Today at 2pm in the @slsauk.bsky.social Disability, Law and Social Justice Stream, I will be presenting a working paper (co-authored with the amazing @minmaxsunt.bsky.social) on Caregiver rights recognition and the lessons the UK can learn from the Coleman and Bellini cases. Hope to see you there!

Are you presenting a paper in the Gender, Sexuality and Law stream at #SLSA2025? Consider submitting your final article to Gender and Justice. We’re a new journal publishing on gender inequality, injustice and exclusion. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @slsauk.bsky.social

To kick things off, @alisontarrant.bsky.social, @emilykakoullis.bsky.social, @clarew.bsky.social and I will be running a Roundtable on the Erosion of Accessibility in HE. Looking forward to seeing everyone at 11 am in Barlka Lecture Theatre, Chadwick Building!

The exploratory hybrid roundtable has begun!

In this week’s #Frontiers ‘Talking about Methods’ podcast 🎙️ Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Karen Nokes (UCL) about quasi-experimental methods beyond the lab and how they can be used in Socio-Legal research. 🎧 Listen to the full podcast here: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/quasi-experi...

Good Morning and welcome to Day Two of the @slsauk.bsky.social conference! Despite the grey and wet weather, the Disability, Law and Social Justice stream is ready to start today, with plenty of incredibly interesting panels lined up!

We are proud to be sponsoring the Gender, sexuality and law stream at #SLSA2025! If you are interested in critical feminist scholarship on justice be sure to read Gender and Justice bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @slsauk.bsky.social #SLSA