SLSA E‐Newsletter
| Date | 01 September 2018 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12127 |
| Published date | 01 September 2018 |
Socio-Legal
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SO CI O -L EG A L NE W SL ET T ER • NO8 3 • A UT U MN /W I NT ER 20 17
N E W S L E T T E R
T H E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E S O 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 AU T U M N / W I N T E R 2017
No 83
MIKE ADLER TO RECEIVE
2017 SLSA ANNUAL PRIZE
The SLSA Exec is delighted to announce that this year’s
Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community
will be awarded to Professor Michael Adler.
Mike is Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies in the School
of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.
His contributions to the development of socio-legal studies over
the last 40 years have been both extensive and ground-breaking.
His outstanding contributions have been particularly strongly
felt in the areas of administrative justice and social welfare law.
Mike has been an active member of the SLSA since its inception
in 1990, previously hosting the conference and serving on the
Exec. His contributions have spanned the full suite of socio-legal
activities, including serving the community as co-editor of the
European Journal of Social Security, as chair of the ESRC’s Socio-
Legal and Criminology Committee for a number of years, and as
a member of the Scottish Committee of the Administrative
Justice and Tribunals Council.
Perhaps Mike’s greatest contributions to the socio-legal
community have been through his unswerving support for and
encoura gement o f d octoral researc hers and ea rly care er
scholars. As well as supervising many graduate students, and
examining innumerable research degrees, Mike has mentored
countless socio-legal scholars and helped them on the road to
successful careers.
Despite retir ement, Mike co ntinues to be a n acti ve
researcher and member of the socio-legal community. Hi s
current interests focus on the pressing socio-legal issues of
benefit sanctions in social security, the impact of digitisation on
dispute resolution, and the definition and enforcement of rights
to a social minimum. Mike re mains a highly valued and
valuable member of the socio-legal community and has given
outstanding service to our community throughout his career.
Mike will receive his prize at the SLSA annual dinner at our
Bristol conference in 2018. Rosie Harding
SLSA BRISTOL 2018
From 27 to 29 March 2018, socio-legal scholars will be
gathering in Bristol as guests of the University of Bristol
Law School for the SLSA Annual Conference.
Bristol is a vibrant multicultural city situated on the Avon and
Frome rivers. Highlights for visitors include the Watershed,
Walled City Walk, medieval Corn Street, the Museum and Art
Gallery and the famous Clift on Su spension Br idge. The
conference team has organised a fantastic line-up of additional
activities alongside the main conference programme: a Street
Art Tour, featuring the work of Banksy and other Bristol artists;
a historic Suffragette Walk; and tours of the Wills Memorial
Building and Brunel’s iconic bridge.
There will be the usual packed conference programme with
around 400 papers across 36 streams and seven current topics
over the three days. The hub of the conference will be the Great
Hall in the Wills Memorial Building with sessions running in
rooms nearby. The Plenary Panel at the end of day one is entitled
‘Socio-legal Studies at a Watershed? A Conv ersation’ and
features an impressive list of speakers to debate this topic.
Introduce d by Profe ssor Joanne Conag han, Head of the
University of Bristol Law School, and chair ed by Bristol’ s
Professor Dave Cowan, the panel consists of: Cardiff University’s
Professor Ambreena Manji; Professor of Law, Gender and
History at Bristol, Lois Bibbings; and Professor Carl Stychin,
Dean of City Law School. The plenary is followed by a drinks
reception in the Great Hall. Day two closes with the SLSA annual
dinner and prize-giving which will take place in Bristol Museum.
For postgraduates, there will be a PGR session between
10am–12pm before the welcome lunch on 27 March 2018, this
year centred around the theme of resilience in postgraduate
research and academia. The bespoke workshop will be run by
Lydia Bleasdale and Sarah Humphries (University of Leeds),
who are researching into the practicalities of being ‘resilient’ in
demandi ng w orking envi ronments. O ur p opular post er
competi tion is also b ack, plu s o ur Netwo rking Sch eme
(launched at Newcastle 2017) to facilitate relationships between
early career and postgrad uate resear chers. Volun teers are
needed for this, so if you are a final-year PhD, post-doc or new
lecturer, contact our PG rep Jess Mant for further details:
ej.l.mant@leeds.ac.uk.
Bristol is we ll-served by the transpo rt netwo rk and
accessible by rail, car, bus, coach and plane. The website features
comprehensive details of all travel routes.
Accommodation is not included in the conference package,
but the Bristol team has arranged preferential rates at several
city hotels. These can be found on the website along with details
of other providers offering a wide range of prices. There are also
a number of childcare options available for those with children.
The call for papers is now open (see page 4) and delegates can
take advantage of early bird registration until 19 January 2018.
For further information and to book your place, visit the
conference website: wwww.slsa2018.com. If you have any
queries , plea se cont act th e conf erence organis ing te am:
eslsa-2018@bristol.ac.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you in the spring.
Devyani Prabhat and Janine Sargoni
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