SLSA E‐Newsletter
| Published date | 01 June 2021 |
| Date | 01 June 2021 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12303 |
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Socio-Legal
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The Socio-Legal Studies Association is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered in England and Wales, number 1186333.
Principal Office: C/O Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
N E W S L E T T E R
TH E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E SO C I O - L E G A L S T U D I E S A S S O C I A T I O N SU M M E R 2020
No 91
A MESSAGE FROM SLSA
CHAIR ROSIE HARDING
Dear Colleagues, I very much hope that the summer 2020
SLSA newsletter reaches you in good health, and good
spirits, des pite t he ve ry challenging ti mes we find
ourselves in.
Following the unavoidable decision to cancel our SLSA 2020
Annual Conference in Portsmouth as a consequence of the
COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to take this opportunity to
update SLSA members on the planning that the SLSA Board of
Trustee s ha s un dertaken t o mi tigate the imp act on t he
association and our members.
Firstly, I want to extend sincere and grateful thanks to the
conference team at the University of Portsmouth. They acted
with the utmos t pr ofessionalis m in ex tremely difficul t
circumstances to mitigate losses to individual delegates, the
SLSA an d the U niversity of Portsmouth. S econd, as we
announced at the time, we very much hope to find a way to
bring members together in person to celebrate the SLSA 2020
prizewinners, at a time and place where it is possible for us to
do so. Unfortunately, we are not yet able to make plans for a
large-scale in-person gathering, but will update members as
soon as we are able.
As members will be aware, a significant proportion of SLSA
funds are generated through donations to the SLSA from the
institutions hosting our annual conference. Whilst the SLSA did
not experience direct financial losses as a consequence of the
cancellation, we will not receive any such donation this year. As
a consequence, the SLSA Board has had to engage in significant
contingency planning to ensure that we can continue to meet
our charitable objects with a much reduced income for the short
to medium term.
The likelihood of ongoing social-distancing requirements
means that there remains a lack of clarity about when and how
activities like large-scale conferences will be able to return in the
ways that we had become accustomed. The SLSA Board has
decided t hat we will run the an nual, f ree, po stgraduate
conference as an online event in January 2021, to avoid any
potential last-minute cancellations. Further details will be
available early in the 2020/2021 academic year as usual. We will
make decisions about future SLSA conferences and events in the
coming week s and month s and will update mem bers as
appropriate through our weekly ebulletin and termly newsletter.
The SLSA is in a relatively secure financial position at
present, but we do have to make difficult decisions about how
best to continue to serve our members, and meet our charitable
objectives, to mitigate an inevitable budget deficit. The change
of colour of our newsletter from cream paper and blue text to
white paper and black ink is part of our-cost saving measures.
Let us know what you think!
Following discussion at the AGM in April, we have decided
not to increase membership fees this year, but plan to make a
small (inflationary) increase in 2021. We will confirm the details
of this in due course and would strongly encourage members to
renew their SLSA membership when it falls due, to continue to
be eligible for SLSA prizes and funding.
The SLSA Board are aware of the great value that SLSA
members place in our funding streams, and we are determined to
protect o ur grants, f ieldwork grants and se minar funding.
Unfortunately, the funding envelope will need to be smaller in
2020 than it has been in recent years, though we hope reduced
costs on travel should ensure these schemes continue to provide
value to members. We have decided to pause the Research
Training Grants scheme (as many training courses are not running
in the way they usually would this year) until further notice.
I very much hope that members will understand the reasons
for these difficult decisions, and that you will continue to
support your SLSA. I look forward to the next time we can meet
in person; until then I wish every member of our socio-legal
community good health through these difficult times.
Rosie Harding, Chair, SLSA, May 2020
SLSA AGMs 2020
Due to the cancellation of our Annual Conference, the
SLSA AGMs had to be postponed. Originally, planned for
2 April in Portsmouth, the two AGMs took place online
on 30 April 2020. Many thanks to those members who
managed to attend.
The final AGM of the SLSA as an unincorporated association
was held first at which attendees unanimously voted to dissolve
the organisation in that format. It was immediately followed by
the first AGM of the SL SA as a Charitab le Incorporat ed
Organisation.
Several SLSA Board members stepped down at the meeting.
These were: Maebh Harding (Membership Secretary); Jed Meers
(webmaster and blog editor); Rachael Blakey (PG rep); Naomi
Creutzfeld (former publisher liaison); Amanda Keeling (SLSA
2019 organiser); Ilke Turkmendag; and Tom Webb (SLSA 2016
organiser). SLSA Board members generously give their time and
expertise to support the SLSA, so we are extremely grateful to
them for their contributions over recent years.
At the same meeting, five new Board members were elected:
Chris Ash ford, Northumbr ia University; Si mon Flacks,
University of Westminster; Emma Jones, Open Universit y;
Emma Milne, University of Portsmouth; and Clare Williams
(independent researcher).
See page 2 for full details of the 2020/2021 SLSA Board.
sl sa no ti ce bo ar d
SO CI O -L EG A L NE W SL ET T ER • NO9 1 • SU MM E R 2 02 0
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© Socio-Legal Studies Association 2020 ISSN: 0957-7817
SLSA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2020—2021
EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES
CHAIR
Rosie Harding
University of Birmingham
e
r
.j.harding@bham.ac.uk
VICE CHAIR
Antonia Layard
Bristol University
e
antonia.layard@bristol.ac.uk
SECRET
ARY
Neil Graffin
Open University
e
neil.graffin@open.ac.uk
TREASURER
Vanessa Munro
Warwick University
e
v
.munro@warwick.ac.uk
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY AND
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
Colin Moore
Essex University
e
c.r
.moore@essex.ac.uk
Newsletter sponsorship
The Socio-Legal Newsletter is sponsored
by a consortium of law schools interested
in promoting socio-legal studies in the UK.
If your institution would like to become
involved in this initiative, please contact
SLSA Chair
e
Rosie Harding.
Newsletter academic sponsors are:
Birkbeck; Cardiff Law School; Centre for
Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford; Keele
University; Kent University; Leeds Beckett
University; the LSE; Newcastle University;
Northumbria University Newcastle; Queen
Mary University of London; Queen’s
University Belfast; University College
London; University of Birmingham
University of Exeter; University of Leeds;
University of Leicester; University of
Liverpool; University of Nottingham;
University of Sheffield; University of
Strathclyde; University of Sussex; University
of Westminster; University of York; and
Warwick Law School.
The newsletter is also sponsored by the
Journal of Law and Society.
. . . n e w s l e t t e r s p o n s o r s . . . n e w s l e t t e r s p o n s o r s . . .
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS
Tahir Abass (PGR Rep)
Leeds University
e
lwta@leeds.ac.uk
Daniel Bedford (SLSA 2020
Organiser)
University of Portsmouth
e
daniel.bedford@port.ac.uk
Huw Pritchard (SLSA 2021
Organiser
Cardiff University
e
pritchardh3@cardiff.ac.uk
Marie Selwood (Newsletter,
eBulletin and Webeditor)
e
editor@marieselwood.co.uk
Emily Walsh (SLSA 2020
Organiser)
University of Portsmouth
e
emily.walsh@port.ac.uk
Smita Kheria (Scottish
Rep/International Liaison)
Edinburgh University
e
smita.kheria@ed.ac.uk
Ed Kirton-Darling
Kent University
e
kirton-darling-276-@kent.ac.uk
Jessica Mant (Social Media
Officer and Blogeditor)
Cardiff University
e
mantj@cardiff.ac.uk
Emma Milne
University of Portsmouth
e
emma.milne@plymouth.ac.uk
Rebecca Moosavian (Recruitment
Secretary)
University of Leeds
e
r.z.moosavian@leeds.ac.uk
Flora Renz
Kent University
e
f.renz@kent.ac.uk
Clare Williams
e
clarewilliamsphd@gmail.com
TRUSTEES
Chris Ashford
Northumbria University
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chris.ashford@northumbria.ac.uk
Diamond Ashiagbor
Kent University
e
d.ashiagbor@kent.ac.uk
Philip Bremner
University of Sussex
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p.d.bremner@sussex.ac.uk
Emilie Cloatre
Kent University
e
e.cloatre@kent.ac.uk
Roxanna Dehaghani (Publisher
Liaison)
Cardiff University
e
fatemi-dehaghanir@cardiff.ac.uk
Simon Flacks
University of Westminster
e
s.flacks@westminster.ac.uk
John Harrington
Cardiff University
e
harringtonj3@cardiff.ac.uk
Emma Jones
Open University
e
e.j.jones@open.ac.uk
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in
articles in the Socio-Legal
Newsletter are those of the
authors and not necessarily
those of the SLSA.
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