SLS - The Society of Legal Scholars
The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) is the learned society for those who teach law in a university or similar institution or who are otherwise engaged in legal scholarship. As of Autumn 2010 the SLS had over 2600 members consisting of academic and practising lawyers in a wide variety of subject areas. The SLS was founded in 1908 and has charitable status. We celebrated our centenary in 2009. For more information on the SLS please read on.
Reviewing Legal Education: The Way Forward
One-Day Conference in association with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 12th June 2012, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London
As the Legal Education and Training Review continues to make progress, the SLS is holding this one-day conference to facilitate input to the review process by all those interested in legal education. Cost GBP40. A programme and booking form may be downloaded from this site.
2012 Conference Bristol
Initial details on the 2012 Conference are available here, including details about the new poster presentations.
SLS News
- The Peter Birks Prizes for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2012
- SLS Annual Seminar 2013
- Best Paper Prize 2011
- Best Paper Prize Short List 2011
- “Academy of Social Sciences – Conferment of New Academicians"
- 2011 Peter Birks Book Prize
- The Peter Birks Prizes for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2011 - Short List
- Professor Derek Morgan
Legal Events
SLS Sponsored Event
The International Association of Women Judges Conference
Church House Conference Centre, London – 2nd-5th May 2012
The International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization of more than 4,000 members at all judicial levels in more than 102 countries. Since forming in 1991, the IAWJ has united women judges from diverse legal-judicial systems who share a commitment to equal justice and the rule of law. For more information please visit the IAWJ website.
Other Legal Events
The SLS is pleased to provide details of forthcoming legal events in on this site and via email. Should you wish to advertise an event please contact us.
Legal Events in May
- Newcastle Law School Symposium Law, Literature, and Pragmatism : 1/5/12.
- After Bin Laden: Counter-Terrorism Co-operation and International Law. : 2/5/12.
- SLS Annual Seminar 2012 : 11/5/12.
- 2-day Workshop - Law, Governance and Development: in China : 11/5/12.
- Conference - : 11/5/12.
- One day conference on Buyer Power in Competition Law : 15/5/12.
- Lecture - Palliative Care: an Ethical and Legal Duty? : 18/5/12.
- 2-day Conference - Agents of Change: The Individual as a Participant in the Legal Process : 19/5/12.
- RSC Law Group - three forthcoming seminars : 22/5/12.
- PhD Conference - Taking Risks and Challenging Legal Thought : 22/5/12.
- Discussion on media plurality. : 23/5/12.
- The State of Environmental Law in 2011-2012 : 23/5/12.
- "Human Rights and EU Crisis Management Operations: A Duty to Respect and to Protect?" : 25/5/12.
- Donoghue v Stevenson: 80 years on - 2 DAY Conference : 25/5/12.
- Great Expectations: Managing Student Expectations and Enhancing Engagement with Undergraduate Study 30 M : 30/5/12.
- SLS Annual Seminar Series 2013 - Invitation To Submit Proposals : 31/5/12.
Legal Events in June
- 3-day Conference: "Law and Transformation" : 6/6/12.
- Swansea University 2-day Conference on Children's Rights : 11/6/12.
- SLS Legal Education Conference Reviewing Legal Education: The Way Forward : 12/6/12.
- Reviewing Legal Education : 12/6/12.
- UCL Conference - Legal Frameworks: Schools and Religious Freedom : 12/6/12.
- Joint one-day conference : 13/6/12.
- Hamlyn Seminar 2012 The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property : 13/6/12.
- 2-Day Conference - What Do Public and Private Sanctions Actually Achieve? : 14/6/12.
- one day conference focusing on broad conceptions of rights and responsibilities within law, politics and sociology. : 14/6/12.
- Conference 14/06/2012 The Interface of Public and Private Law Concepts of Property : 14/6/12.
- Research Training day - Terrorism and Security Research in the UK : 15/6/12.
- Intellectual Property and the Public Domain - Brunel University, Summer School : 18/6/12.
- BACL Postgraduate Workshop and Conference on Comparative Law : 22/6/12.
- Fourth Annual ISHTIP Workshop - 'Intellectual Property as Cultural Technology' : 25/6/12.
- Nottingham Trent University/INSOL-Europe Academic Forum Joint Insolvency Conference : 28/6/12.
- 2-day Conference on the Future of European Law and Policy : 28/6/12.
For all forthcoming events please click here. For a list of general notices of interest please click here.
