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The
@hartpublishing
@SLSA_UK
Book Prize for 2023 (thanks to Hart and Bloomsbury Publishing for their continued support of this prize) goes to Silvana Tapia Tapia
@silvilunazul
Feminism, Violence Against Women and Law Reform: Decolonial Lessons from Ecuador
#SLSA2023
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The
@SLSA_UK
is delighted to announce the winner of the Socio-Legal Theory and History Book Prize for 2023 funded by a generous donation from one of our members- Sharon Thompson (2022) Quiet Revolutionaries:The Married Women’s Association and Family Law
@DrSharonThomp
#SLSA2023
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We have announced today in our members newsletter that the winner of the 2020 annual prize for contributions to the socio-legal community is David Cowan,
@lwdsc
@BristolUniLaw
. Congratulations, Dave!
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to formally announce that this year’s Prize for Contribution to the Socio-Legal Community has been awarded to Professor Richard Collier
@richardscollier
at Newcastle University
@NCLLawSchool
.
#SLSA2023
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Save the date 4–6 April 2023,
@SLSA_UK
Conference
@UlsterUniSchLaw
@UlsterUni
. Really looking forward to visiting the home of Ireland's only completely intact historic
#WalledCity
#VisitDerry
@Derryvisitor
and of course the Derry girls mural!
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That’s a wrap folks
#SLSA2023
is done.
@UlsterUni
you have been great and thanks so much to the organisers - you have worked non stop and it has been a great conference. Thanks also to all the student helpers and the catering staff - see you all in
@portsmouthuni
for
#SLSA2024
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The 2021 Theory & History prize goes to...
@NadineElEnany
from
@CentreRaceLaw
@BirkbeckUoL
, for:
‘(B)ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire’ published by
@ManchesterUP
!
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The 2023
@SLSA_UK
annual conference will take place at Ulster University’s Magee campus in the historic walled city of Derry-Londonderry, 4-6 April 2023. The Call for papers is now open with submission by 9 January 2023 - see the Website for full details
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Supporting world-leading socio-legal research from the UK requires support for social-legal scholars in the UK. We recognise that secure jobs, fair pay, decent working conditions and competitive pensions form the foundations for outstanding research & teaching in S/L studies.
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Great news! It's the most exciting day of 2020!
The CFP for
#SLSA2021
(due to be hosted virtually 30 March - 1 April 2021 by
@CardiffLaw
) is now OPEN!
Poster and Paper abstracts can now be submitted until the deadline on Friday 8 Jan 2021.
Details:
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We are delighted to announce our new chair,
@harringtonj3
! Many congratulations, John. John has been working with us on our board for the last 5 years. We are looking forward to working closely with you in the future!
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Save the date 4–6 April 2023,
@SLSA_UK
Conference
@UlsterUniSchLaw
@UlsterUni
. Really looking forward to visiting the home of Ireland's only completely intact historic
#WalledCity
#VisitDerry
@Derryvisitor
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And that’s a wrap! Thank you to
@UoYLaw
& everyone who made
#SLSA2022
a rip roaring success! Safe travels home and see you all for
#SLSA2023
in
@UlsterUniSchLaw
!
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Safe travels ✈️🚂🚗to everyone. Looking forward to seeing you all in person and online for the
@SLSA_UK
conference
@UlsterUni
for a great few days of socio-legal research conversations.
#SLSA2023
I know where my first photo is going to be ⬇️🤣
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Lovely news to end the week-the
@SLSA_UK
is delighted to announce that this year’s prestigious Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community has been awarded to Professor Richard Collier
@richardscollier
at Newcastle University
@NCLLawSchool
. Many congratulations Richard!
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Congratulations to Caroline Hunter, who has just accepted her prize for contributions to the socio legal community! Spot the confetti cannons 🎉
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Annual
@SLSA_UK
Article Prize for 2023 - the winner is Natalie Ohana ‘The politics of the production of knowledge on trauma: the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’ (2021)
@JournLawSociety
#SLSA2023
- congratulations!
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ARTICLE PRIZE
The 2021 article prize goes to Helen Stalford
@helenstalford
@LivUniLawSJ
& Kathryn Hollingsworth
@AcademicYj
@NCLLawSchool
for:
‘“This case is about you & your future”: Towards Judgments for Children’, published in
@ModernLRev
!
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Drinks and Welcome reception in full swing and more cake 🍰🙌🏼🥳
#SLSA2023
at St Columb’s Hall with great live music from
@UlsterUni
students and graduates and locally produced beer and spirits from Walled City Brewery
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It's
@C_Fitz_
from
@UlsterUniSchLaw
conf organising team and I'll be sending updates as we get geared up for
#SLSA2023
kicking off tomorrow! We can't wait to welcome you all! ♥️
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We are delighted to announce that this year we will be awarding the poster prize to two presenters, who will receive a £50 book voucher each from Wiley.
The winners are:
Alexandra Murray
@OU_Law
& Jassi Sandhar
@BristolUniLaw
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2020 Winners!
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The
@hartpublishing
@SLSA_UK
Book Prize for Early Career Researchers for 2023 (thanks to Hart and Bloomsbury Publishing for their support) is awarded to Jaime T Lindsey (2022) Reimagining the Court of Protection: Access to Justice in Mental Capacity Law
#SLSA2023
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Were you due to present a paper or poster at
#SLSA2020
?
How about writing your paper up into a (1000 word ish) blog post for the SLSA, and have your post as part of
#VIRTUALSLSA2020
?
To submit a post proposal or ask any questions, get in touch: Blogeditors
@slsa
.ac.uk
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NEW BLOG POST
“The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society: A new resource for teaching in these difficult times” by Mariana Valverde
@UofT
This edited collection is dedicated to the memory of Sally Merry, who contributed her chapter early last year.
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It's just over 2 weeks until we (virtually) join
@CardiffLaw
at
#SLSA2021
!
Today, we also have some news about our future conferences (where we hope to meet in-person!). We're delighted to announce that
@UoYLaw
will host
#SLSA2022
and
@UlsterUniSchLaw
will host
#SLSA2023
!
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And this year’s award for special contribution to social-legal scholarship is well deservedly awarded jointly to Fiona Cownie and Tony Bradney!
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It's time!
Bore da (Good Morning) & Croeso (Welcome) to Day 1 of
#SLSA2021
!
Today, we're looking forward to a jam-packed day of papers & activities, & an exciting plenary on ‘Human Rights, Social Justice & COVID-19’, with
@LawrenceGostin
@anjames5
&
@MichaelFakhri
, at 1:30pm!
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@ColumbSean
@FatimaAhdash
@smith22_jess
@OOlakpe
The SLSA Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community goes to Prof. Rosemary Hunter! We are so pleased to present this Prize to Prof. Hunter. Rosemary has made extensive contributions to the socio-legal community in the UK and internationally throughout her career!
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Hope everyone is looking forward to the
@SLSA_UK
2024 conference next week
@portsmouthuni
. Amazing response with over 600 delegates from 30 countries, 60 bursaries, 25 streams and current topics. Looks to be an amazing conference
See you all there!
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Thank you to all who attended today’s AGM at
#SLSA2021
.
We are delighted to announce that we have elected
@lawandsexuality
as our new Vice Chair, & we also have 3 fantastic new trustees!
Welcome
@DrMitchTravis
@bev_clough
and
@sabrinakgermain
!
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We are delighted to announce that Fiona Cownie and Tony Bradney will receive the prize for contributions to the sociolegal community. Their years of hard work have provided invaluable training for our PGRs & will have a lasting impact on future generations of sociolegal scholars.
Thrilled to read that Tony Bradney and Fiona Cownie are to be awarded the
@SLSA_UK
prize for their contribution to the
#sociolegal
community. Wonderful, kind, collegiate people who command great respect.
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We are delighted to share with you Professor Caroline Hunter
@UniOfYork
winner of the
@SLSA_UK
Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community 2021, in conversation with Dr Bev Clough
@bev_clough
@SLSA
Trustee via
@YouTube
Watch out for more videos!
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Have badges ever looked so beautiful? We are kicking off tomorrow morning at **10am** with a fantastic PGR programme of activities (and pastries!). See everyone in the morning!
#SLSA2023
@UlsterUniSchLaw
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the annual
@SLSA_UK
Article prize. Those shortlisted are Natalie Ohana, Henrique Carvalho, and Antonia Layard
See titles here➡️
The winner will be announced at the Annual Conference
@UlsterUni
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It’s been another excellent day of papers and conversations at
#SLSA2021
.
Don’t forget, you can catch up on all presentations by searching through the “view abstracts” tab – great if you have a scheduling clash or you want to revisit any of the papers!
See you in the morning!
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And the
@Hartpublishing
-SLSA Book Prize goes to:
KATE BEDFORD, for 'Bingo Capitalism: The Law and Political Economy of Everyday Gambling'
@OUPLaw
🥂 4/11
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And that brings us to the end of
#SLSA2024
! What a jam-packed and exciting three days it's been! We hope everyone gets back home safe, and have a lovely Easter weekend! We enjoyed meeting you all
@portsmouthuni
and we can't wait to see everyone again next year in Liverpool!
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
The SLSA Trustees, in consultation with
@portsmouthuni
, have today taken the difficult decision to cancel our Annual Conference, in light of the rapidly developing situation with COVID-19. Please see: 1/2
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SLSA PGR CONFERENCE 2021
Registration for our annual PGR workshop opens TOMORROW!
As always, the conference is entirely FREE. It will be held virtually this year, to which end we are delighted to be able to extend availability to 100 places.
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And of course, we would like to extend our enormous thanks to
@rosiehardinguk
for her hard work and commitment to the SLSA over the last 9 years (including 2 years as vice chair and 2 years as Chair). The community is a better place because of your efforts!
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the
@SLSA_UK
Theory and History Book Prize. The winner will be announced during the Annual Conference
@UlsterUni
in April. Congratulations to those shortlisted 🥳⬇️
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📢 The SLSA Board is delighted to announce the launch of the SLSA Youtube Channel! 📢
Our videos will advance education and learning in the field of socio legal studies, and promote research conducted by members of the SLSA.
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📢 ATTENTION SOCIO LEGAL PGRs & SUPERVISORS📢
We are delighted to announce that registration for the next SLSA PGR Conference
#SLSAPG2022
will open in 1 week, on Wed 17th Nov at 10:00AM.
🧵
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Happy New Year, everyone!
Don't forget - the deadline to submit abstracts for papers and posters for
#SLSA2021
at
@CardiffLaw
is THIS FRIDAY (8th Jan 2021)!
CFP and details of streams/themes can be found on the conference website:
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the prestigious
@hartpublishing
@SLSA_UK
Book Prize. The winner will be announced during the Annual Conference
@UlsterUni
in April. Congratulations to those shortlisted 🥳⬇️
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🥁Drum roll, please...🥁
...it's time to announce the shortlists for the SLSA Book and Article Prizes!
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Good morning and welcome to the PGRs who will be joining us today at the PGR activities for
#SLSA2021
!
Delegates can use this hashtag or tag
@SLSA_UK
to join the conversation, and don’t forget to keep an eye out for your excellent PGR reps
@VickyAdkins1990
&
@TahirAbass_
!
Ahh I can't believe the SLSA PGR Activities are finally happening tomorrow! We have some really engaging sessions lined up and
@TahirAbass_
and I can't wait to meet you all. See you in the morning!
#SLSA2021
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Is your research relevant to law reform?
Our members' research plays a crucial role in making the case for law reform, & feeding into what law should look like.
On 23 April 2021, there is an opportunity for members to talk directly about these issues with the Law Commission.
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Exciting day for the
@SLSA_UK
today at the Academy of Social Sciences President’s Lunch - see below
@lisawebley
, Sue Bright, Sarah Blandy & our chair
@rosiehardinguk
, who along with Bob Lee, all became fellows this year! Congratulations all 👏🏼
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the
@hartpublishing
@SLSA_UK
Prize for Early Career Academics. The winner will be announced during the Annual Conference
@UlsterUni
in April. Congratulations to those shortlisted 🥳⬇️
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the prestigious
@hartpublishing
@SLSA_UK
Book Prize. The winner will be announced during the Annual Conference
@portsmouthuni
in March. Congratulations to those shortlisted 🥳
⬇️ follow the link
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We are coming to the end of
#slsa2024
! As we near the close of the last panel of presentations, we hope everyone had a good conference & was able to meet friends&colleagues and get constructive feedback on their work. Thank you to
@portsmouthuni
for being such hospitable hosts!
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Call for papers for our annual conferences is NOW OPEN. Deadline for abstracts is 14th January 2019. Looking forward to seeing you all in Leeds!
Call for papers and posters now open Deadline 14th January. It's all going to be fabulous!
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"The “Mountains of Metaphor”: A Resource for Visualising Your Research Journey", by our very own Board member
@_clare_williams
(
@KentLawSchool
) is now available on the SLSA blog:
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And this year’s article prize is jointly awarded to Michael Thompson & Marie Fox, as well as Máiréad Enright!
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🙌The countdown is on - 5 days to go to the
@SLSA_UK
annual conference
@UlsterUni
4-6 April 2023 🙌
#SLSA2023
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the annual
@SLSA_UK
Article prize. Those shortlisted are Fatima Ahdash, Robert Jones & Gregory Davies, and Yüksel Sezgin. ⬇️
Winner will be announced at the Annual Conference
@portsmouthuni
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Following our virtual AGM yesterday, we are delighted to announce 5 new trustees elected to the exec!
Welcome & congratulations to:
Chris Ashford
@lawandsexuality
Simon Flacks
@SimonFlacks
Emma Jones
@eEmmaJonesLaw
Emma Milne
@Emma_Milne4
Clare Williams
@_clare_williams
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#SLSA2021
2020 has been a significant year for all of us. For many, it has given us time to reflect. The SLSA community is no exception. Now more than ever, there is a need for socio-legal scholars to engage with contemporary and historic challenges for social justice.
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🚨 Not long now...
The call for papers for the
@SLSA_UK
annual conference closes at 18:00 on Friday 12 January 2024. Submit your abstracts NOW - before all that marking lands (apologies if it already has!)
33 streams and 7 current topics, you are bound to find your home. See ⬇️
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The Journal of Law and Society has launched a new website to provide the socio-legal community with a dynamic repository of resources and opportunities.
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And the winner of the SLSA Theory & History Book Prize goes to:
KATE SEEAR
@Kate_Seear
, for 'Law, Drugs and the Making of Addiction: Just Habits'
@RoutledgeLaw
🎉 3/11
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Great to see everyone's tweets about the
@SLSA_UK
@UlsterUni
conference papers. This has been an enormous task for the organisers. Looking forward to seeing👀you all there. Early Bird member rate until 6 February. Bursary applications 10am GMT 30 January➡️
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Congrats to all of our wonderful, record-breaking PGRs who shared their work with us at
#SLSA2019
. We are so proud to have such a talented and engaged PGR cohort - baby academics, take care of yourselves - you are awesome.
Hello post-conference anxiety. Always have fun conferencing but am so worn out and nervous after (eg: what if I upset someone? I'm not clever enough etc.). Fellow conferencing people, take care of yourselves, rest up and know that you are awesome.
#phdlife
#babyacademic
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Save the date PGRs! Next year’s PGR conference is taking place 3-5th January 2019, at
@Warwick_Law
. Excellent opportunity for 1st years looking to gain a crash course in doing a
#Sociolegal
#PhD
, and to learn from leading scholars in their field.
#phdchat
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The
@SLSA_UK
Board is delighted to announce the shortlist for the
@hartpublishing
@SLSA_UK
Prize for Early Career Academics. The winner will be announced during the Annual Conference
@portsmouthuni
in March. Congratulations to those shortlisted 🥳 Follow:
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In case you hadn't heard already,
#LSA2022
is due to be held in Lisbon, Portugal! 🇵🇹
This is a unique opportunity for our UK members to connect with a global network of socio-legal scholars on our doorstep/in exactly the same time zone!
CFP now open - details below 👇
Now accepting submissions for the 2022 Global Meeting on Law & Society!
#callforpapers
Theme: Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy
Submissions Instructions, FAQs, hybrid format, and more! All linked below!
The Call:
2022 Website:
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First up - BOOKS! The winner of the
@Hartpublishing
-SLSA Prize for Early Career Academics is: INSA KOCH, for 'Personalising the State: An Anthropology of Law Politics and Welfare in Austerity Britain'
@OUPLaw
🥳 2/11
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Many congratulations to the recipients of the
@LeverhulmeTrust
Prize in the area of Law. In particular
@SLSA_UK
members
@DrSharonThomp
winner of the Socio-Legal Theory and History Book Prize 2023,
@ColumbSean
Hart-SLSA Book prize for early career academics 2021, +
@JoePTomlinson
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🥳🥳Registration is now open for the
@SLSA_UK
annual conference 2023 -
@UlsterUni
Early Bird rate closes 6 February. For information on registration follow this link 🥳🥳
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We are delighted to announce that our newest member of the executive board will be
@_MaddyMillar
, who will act as PGR representative alongside
@VickyAdkins1990
!
Enormous thanks to our outgoing PGR rep
@TahirAbass_
for all his hard work & dedication over the past 3 years 👏🏼
So pleased to have been selected as the PGR Representative for the
@SLSA_UK
! 🎉 Really looking forward to working with
@VickyAdkins1990
and
@SLSA_UK
to represent the views of PGRs in the socio-legal community!
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Absolutely delighted to appoint
@rachaeljblakey
and
@TahirAbass_
to the exec committee as our new PGR representatives. Very exciting to have you both on board, and representing our increasing PGR membership!
Really excited to announce that I’m taking on the role of PG rep for
@SLSA_UK
along with
@TahirAbass_
! Looking forward to representing the views of postgrads on the exec committee 🎉🎉🎉
#phdchat
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The unaffordability of e-books for university libraries is a matter for concern now that many students are restricted to the sources they can access online.
See this invitation to sign an open letter, shared kindly by Prof. Fiona Cownie
@LawatKeele
:
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Jane Scoular, Jane Pitcher, Teela Sanders, Rosie Campbell & Stewart Cunningham for ‘Beyond the Gaze and Well Beyond Wolfenden: The Practices and Rationalities of Regulating and Policing Sex Work in the Digital Age’
@JLawandSociety
🍾6/11
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Many congratulations🙌to
@SLSA
members
@sandbergrlaw
@aperrykessaris
Gitanjali Nain Gill, and
@JiriPriban
on their election to the Fellowship of the
@AcadSocSciences
. We are very proud to see excellence in the socio-legal community recognised in this way.
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🤩 OPPORTUNITY KLAXON 🤩
We are looking to appoint a new PGR representative to our executive board. The new rep will work alongside the brilliant
@TahirAbass_
to represent PGRs at our meetings (4 per year) and to organise PGR activities, events and opportunities. Get in touch!
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Interested in how legal research can influence law reform and policy
#impact
? Register now for our ‘Impact & Law Reform’ conference, co-organised with
@legalscholars
& the English/Welsh & Scottish Law Commissions. Join us
@IALS_law
on 11th Jun 2019:
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