SLSA2021: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2021 Virtual conference Cardiff, UK, March 30-April 1, 2021

Cardiff University School of Law and Politics is delighted to host the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference in 2021. 

The Annual Conference has been running since the association was founded in 1990 and is an opportunity for those in the field of socio-legal studies to disseminate knowledge and network with others in the field.

The SLSA Annual Conference 2021 will take place as a virtual conference from Tuesday 30 March to Thursday 1 April 2021.

General Information 

Each panel session at SLSA2021 will be 75 minutes long and contain three papers of 15 minutes each, leaving 30 minutes for discussion. Stream and current topic convenors will provide more specific information on the structure of their sessions, which may differ from this model, nearer to the time.

In line with the SLSA’s ethos, papers may be interdisciplinary in nature and submissions from outside of law are welcome. Similarly, papers concerning socio-legal issues beyond the UK are also welcome.

If your proposal concerns something other than a paper (for example, a pre-formed session, a joint panel proposal, a ‘meet the author’ session, etc.), you should contact the relevant stream or theme convenor to discuss this. 

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted for consideration. Full papers can be submitted, but this is not essential.

Details of the Conference Streams including this year's Current Topics can be found on the conference website.

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Committees

Program Committee

• Rachael Blakey
• Roxanna Fatemi-Dehaghani

Organizing committee

• John Harrington (Chair)
• Rachael Blakey
• Roxanna Fatemi-Dehaghani
• Daniel Newman
• Jessica Mant
• Huw Pritchard
• Caer Smyth

Invited Speakers

• Professor Lawrence Gostin, Grangetown University
• Ann Jones, Social Worker, Academic and Policy Lead
• Professor Michael Fakhri, University of Oregon; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
• Gaynor Legall, Chair, Tiger Bay and the World
• Dr Nadine El-Enany, Birbeck, University of London
• Professor Penelope Andrews, New York School of Law, President of Law and Society Association
• Professor Daniel Williams, Swansea University
• Dr Foluke Adebisi, University of Bristol
• Dr Patricia Tuitt, Legal Academic 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to SLSA2021@cardiff.ac.uk