Socio-Legal Studies Association

Welcome to the SLSA – where law meets the social sciences and humanities.

This website contains information about the SLSA and our aims and objectives. You can find out how to join and about the many benefits of membership. There are details on all our activities including our successful socio-legal prizes, our small grant scheme, our new seminar competition and our popular annual and postgraduate conferences. You will also discover a wealth of material relating to socio-legal studies – much of it in classified form in our extensive research area.

SLSA news and important dates


Aims of the SLSA

SLSA Kent 07'To advance education and learning and in particular to advance research, teaching and the dissemination of knowledge in the field of socio-legal studies.'

The SLSA achieves these aims in a number of different ways:

  • meetings, conferences, seminars
  • research grants
  • prizes
  • publications
  • liaison with policy makers and research funders
  • supporting students
  • and many other activities

Details of the SLSA's aims and objectives can be found in our Constitution: download it in Word or pdf format.

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