The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) is the

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for those who teach law in a

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or similar institution or who are otherwise engaged in legal scholarship. As of the beginning of 2016 the Society had over 3,000 members consisting of academic and practising lawyers in a wide variety of subject areas. It has

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status. The SLS publishes one of the UK's leading generalist peer-reviewed law journals. The Society was founded in 1908 by

Edward Jenks Edward Jenks, FBA (1861–1939) was an English jurist, and noted writer on law and its place in history. Born on 20 February 1861 in Lambeth, London, to Robert Jenks, upholsterer, and his wife Frances Sarah, née Jones, he was educated at Dulwic ...

as The Society of Public Teachers of Law and changed its name to the SLS in 2002.

List of presidents

President of The Society of Public Teachers of Law * 1997–1999:

Margaret Brazier Margaret Rosetta "Margot" Brazier is a professor at the University of Manchester's School of Law. Margaret is married to Rodney Brazier, a professor of constitutional law also at the University of Manchester. Academic work Brazier researches leg ...

* 2000–2001:

Joe Thomson Joseph McGeachy Thomson (6 May 1948 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Law Commission. Early life Thomson was born in Campbeltown and at ...

President of The Society of Legal Scholars * 2008–2009:

Sarah Worthington Dame Sarah Elizabeth Worthington, (''née'' Monks; born 18 February 1955) is a British legal scholar, barrister, and Deputy High Court Judge in the Chancery Division, specialising in company law, commercial law, and equity. From 2011 to 2022, ...

* 2010-2011: David Feldman * 2011–2012: Keith Stanton * 2015–2016:

Andrew Burrows Andrew Stephen Burrows, Lord Burrows, (born 17 April 1957BURROWS, Prof. Andrew ...

* 2015–2017: Imelda Maher

Prizes and awards

The society awards the Peter Birks prize for outstanding legal scholarship, annually. The award is given to outstanding published books by scholars that are within the first 15 years of their academic careers.

References

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