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💊 New on the SLSA Blog: Ilke Turkmendag on 'Trust, hype, and longevity: How should we govern the growing field of longevity technologies?' www.slsa.ac.uk/post/trust-h...
Trust, hype, and longevity: How should we govern the growing field of longevity technologies?
Ilke Turkmendag, Reader in Biomedicine and Society, Newcastle Law School,Newcastle UniversityKeywords: Healthy ageing, longevity, responsible innovation, trust, lifespanBiomedical and biotechnological...
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Our Law and the Climate Crisis guest series continues with 'Rethinking Climate Litigation in Pakistan' by Minahil Wahid, University of Strathclyde: www.slsa.ac.uk/post/rethink... Check out this blog and follow the series at our website 🌎
Rethinking Climate Litigation in Pakistan
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social ju...
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Our important new blog series on Law and the Climate Crisis continues with 'Readily Achievable and Rarely Acknowledged: Disability Justice in an Era of Climate Calamity' by Robin Happel 🌎 www.slsa.ac.uk/post/readily...
Readily Achievable and Rarely Acknowledged: Disability Justice in an Era of Climate Calamity
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social ju...
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🌏 Our summer Blog Series, Law and the Climate Crisis (from guest editor Azadeh Chalabi) launches today with 'Punishing Water "Theft" in the Climate Crisis' by Rachel Killean, Erin O'Donnell and Cristy Clark. www.slsa.ac.uk/post/punishi...
Punishing Water ‘Theft’ in the Climate Crisis
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law can play in shaping
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Create your own blog series at the SLSA blog! We are looking for guest series editors for 2026-27 www.slsa.ac.uk/blog-series Contact us with ideas or queries at blogeditors@slsa.ac.uk
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Access key SLSA policies and documents, including governance, ethics, diversity and membership guidelines, supporting transparency and best practice in socio-legal studies.
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New on the SLSA Blog: Sophie van der Valk shares her research on legal consciousness in the context of prison complaint processes. Take a look! www.slsa.ac.uk/post/complai...
Complaining from within: prisoner complaints and legal consciousness
Sophie van der Valk, Post-doctoral Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Keywords: human rights, legal consciousness, complaint mechanisms, prisonsPrisoner complaint procedures form a core part ...
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In this week's Frontiers’ 📚 A Good Read section, Professor Lawrence Rosen (Princeton University) reviews Melissa Crouch’s book, The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar (OUP, 2025). 📖 Read the full article here: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/social-life-...
The Social Life of Constitutions
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New on the SLSA blog! @jamesahand.bsky.social of @uoplaw.bsky.social looks back at 20 years of King's and Queen's Counsel appointments in England & Wales by KC (formerly QC) Appointments Ltd and its independent selection panel. www.slsa.ac.uk/post/20-year...
20 years on: KC Appointments Ltd and the Independent KC Selection Panel
James Hand, Associate Professor in Law, University of PortsmouthKeywords: Legal Profession, King’s Counsel, England & WalesThis year saw the completion of the 20th round of appointments in England & W...
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📣 Call for submissions for a new SLSA blog series: Law and the Climate Crisis (guest editor Dr Azadeh Chalabi, University of Liverpool). Closing date: 30 June. Full details at the link below: www.slsa.ac.uk/slsanews
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View current vacancies on the SLSA Board and opportunities within the wider socio-legal community.
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✨ How might we use The Horniman Museum & Gardens to develop legal futures capacity? If you are an Early Career Researcher and are curious about this question, please respond to this Call for Participation (closes 19.06.26). 🙏 @slsauk.bsky.social for funding. amandaperrykessaris.org/2026/02/06/l...
Legal Futures at The Horniman Museum
Figure 1: Searching for Legal Futures at The Horniman Museum. Image: Amanda Perry-Kessaris adapting images © The Horniman Museum and Gardens. How might we use The Horniman Museum and Gardens&n…
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Amanda Perry-Kessaris@aperrykessaris.bsky.social · 6mo ago✨ How might we use The Horniman Museum & Gardens to develop legal futures capacity? With what benefits + risks? Elen Stokes + I are asking, together with a glittering array of collaborators + ECR to be selected via open call. 🙏 @slsauk.bsky.social for £ More: amandaperrykessaris.org/2026/02/06/l...
👩💻 New on the SLSA blog! Kryss Macleod and Bruce Austin use assemblage mapping to better understand risk and accountability in AI-assisted legal advice systems. www.slsa.ac.uk/post/seeing-...
Seeing the System: Assemblage Mapping and Accountability in AI-Supported Advice
Kryss Macleod, Principal Lecturer, Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityBruce Austin, Manchester Metropolitan University/Citizens Advice SORTKeywords: AI and legal advice; access t...
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To mark #MenstrualHygieneDay, Stefanie Geringer and Hannelore Niesten ask us to rethink 'tampon taxes' on the SLSA Blog. #PeriodFriendlyWorld www.slsa.ac.uk/post/rethink...
Rethinking “Tampon Taxes”: What Fiscal Policy Can, and Cannot, Do to Address Period Poverty
Stefanie Geringer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Vienna and Masaryk UniversityHannelore Niesten, Public Finance Specialist, World Bank and Asian Development BankKeywords: period poverty,...
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New on the Blog! @koldocasla.bsky.social shares his SLSA International Collaboration Grant funded project on the progressive realisation of economic, social and cultural rights. www.slsa.ac.uk/post/litigat...
Litigation on the Progressive Realisation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Under What Conditions May It Be Strategic?
Koldo Casla, Senior Lecturer, University of EssexKeywords: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Law; Human Rights; Progressive Realisation; Strategic LitigationThanks to an SLSA Interna...
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This week on the SLSA Blog, @saharshah.bsky.social reflects on the ‘Legal Perspectives on Climate Reparations’ workshop she hosted at @bristoluni.bsky.social last year. Find out where we are one year on from 2025's "reparations moment". www.slsa.ac.uk/post/the-yea...
The Year in Climate Reparations Law: A Retrospective on a 2025 Workshop
Sahar Shah, Lecturer, University of Bristol Law SchoolKeywords: climate justice; colonialism; climate finance; international economic law; International Court of Justice“It’s just not productive getti...
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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed last week. In their final blog of their guest series, Richard Gibson and Alexandra Mullock consider what might come next 👉 www.slsa.ac.uk/post/what-mi...
What might be the Future of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following its demise in the House of Lords?
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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This week on the SLSA Blog, Favour Borokini reflects on ethics concerns in the design and use of avatars - check it out! www.slsa.ac.uk/post/coming-...
Coming to the End of a Norm; Reflecting on a Socio-Legal Exploration of Ethics Concerns in the Design and Use of Avatars
Favour Borokini, PhD researcher, School of Law, University of NottinghamKeywords: Law and technology, avatars, qualitative research, AfricannessThe Black Vagina Cake ProblemMy PhD explores ethics conc...
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Our latest blog post comes from @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social aka @aliceaforethought.bsky.social and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social: “Law is a cabaret, old chum” - How Law’s a Drag uses theatre for engagement and outreach, and how you could too www.slsa.ac.uk/post/law-is-...
“Law is a cabaret, old chum” - How Law’s a Drag uses theatre for engagement and outreach, and how you could too
James Greenwood-Reeves (aka Alice Aforethought), Lecturer in Law, University of LeedsRosie Fox (aka Fox Populi), Lecturer in Legal Education, University of LeedsKeywords: gender, queer, drag, theatre,...
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'The concerns that defeated the Scottish ‘assisted dying’ bill are UK-wide'. Mary Neal considers how fears of coercion shaped the unexpected defeat of the bill here 👉 www.slsa.ac.uk/post/the-con...
The concerns that defeated the Scottish ‘assisted dying’ bill are UK-wide
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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Many congratulations to all the winners of the SLSA prizes announced at the Annual Conference in Brighton! The winners are (long thread) SLSA Article Prize - Alex Batesmith and Kieran McEvoy, ‘“Closeted" Cause Lawyering in Authoritarian Cambodia’ (2025) 59(3) Law & Society Review 463
A very warm welcome to our six new trustees: Claire Bessant, Sandra Duffy, Anne-Maree Farrell, Ciarán O’Kelly, Rachel Maguire and Emma Roberts - who were voted in at the AGM on March 2026.
Our next guest edited blog on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is 'Terminally ill adolescents and assisted death' by Isra Black. Read it here 👉 www.slsa.ac.uk/post/termina...
Terminally ill adolescents and assisted death
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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'The Adults (End of Life) Bill, Terminality, and the Right to Life' by Nataly Papadopoulou. Read the next in our blog series guest edited blog series here - www.slsa.ac.uk/post/the-adu...
The Adults (End of Life) Bill, Terminality, and the Right to Life
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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Alex Ruck Keene KC of 39 Essex Chambers contributes the next blog in our guest edited series on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: 'A self-imposed dilemma' Read it here - www.slsa.ac.uk/post/a-self-...
A self-imposed dilemma: the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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'Judicial Pre-Approval and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Balancing Safety with Accessibility' www.slsa.ac.uk/post/judicia... Stevie Martin authors the next in our ongoing blog series on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill edited by Richard B Gibson and Alexandra Mullock
Judicial Pre-Approval and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Balancing Safety with Accessibility
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstates the matter is open to debate. What is not in dispute, however, is that the Bill raises profound questions about the relationship between the state and those it governs. Unsurprisingly, its existence, proposals, and suggested amendments have generated extensive discussion and controversy. In this
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New on the SLSA blog 📢 Read about a fantastic event funded by the SLSA Seminar Competition: The Politics of Law and Emotion by Kate Sandford www.slsa.ac.uk/post/the-pol...
The Politics of Law and Emotion: Addressing Overlooked Emotions in Legal Fields
Kate Sandford, Postgraduate Researcher, University of LiverpoolKeywords: Emotion, Theory, Socio-Legal Studies, HealthLaw and Emotion research has expanded into socio-legal theory, philosophy, psycholo...
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Today on the blog! Our guest series on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill continues with 'Beyond Legalisation: The Overlooked Challenges of Implementing Assisted Dying in the UK' www.slsa.ac.uk/post/beyond-... by Susanne Ost and Nancy Preston
Beyond Legalisation: The Overlooked Challenges of Implementing Assisted Dying in the UK
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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Today on the Blog! "Pracademia in Law Schools: An International Community of Practice" by @jilldickinson.bsky.social and Judith Marychurch www.slsa.ac.uk/post/pracade...
Pracademia in Law Schools: An International Community of Practice
Jill Dickinson, Professor of Law and Professional Development, Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett UniversityJudith Marychurch, Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning), Melbourne Law School, The University...
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'Limiting the Scope of the Terminal Illness Requirement' by Alexandra Mullock www.slsa.ac.uk/post/limitin... The second instalment of our guest series on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill considers vulnerability and the definitional parameters of assisted dying.
Limiting the Scope of the Terminal Illness Requirement
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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The SLSA Blog Series is back! Check out the first in our new series of reflections on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill from series editor @richardbgibson.bsky.social - 'Pregnancy as a Barrier: Assisted Dying and Amendment 458' www.slsa.ac.uk/post/pregnan...
Pregnancy as a Barrier: Assisted Dying and Amendment 458
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been described by many as one of the most significant shifts in the legal landscape of England and Wales in our generation. Whether this claim overstat...
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New on the SLSA Blog! Ria Rampersad on "Governance in the neoliberal era: The rise of crimmigration" www.slsa.ac.uk/post/governa...
Governance in the neoliberal era: The rise of crimmigration
Ria Rampersad, PhD student, Nottingham Trent UniversityKeywords: Legislation, criminalisation of immigration, neoliberalism, access to justiceThe term ‘regulation’ brings to mind any attempt to direct...
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