The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference
York 2015, 1-4 September
Main Conference Programme
Tuesday 1st September 2015
09.30 – 12.00 Annual Seminar of the British Association of Comparative Law, ‘Comparative Law,
the Courts, and the Influence of Europe’ (The Lakehouse, RCH/248&250)
10.30 – 18.00 Registration Desk Open
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch & Publishers' Exhibition (The Hub Atrium)
1.00-1.50 An Academic Route to Judicial Appointment (The Hub Lecture Theatre).
Chair: Alan Paterson
Participants: Hazel Genn, Emily Jackson, Nick Wikeley
14.00 – 15.30 Subject Sections A1
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Refreshments & Publishers' Exhibition
16.00 – 17.30 Subject Sections A2
17.30 – 18.30 Early Careers Session 1, ‘Getting Published; Getting Funded’ (The Lakehouse,
RCH/248&250)
Chair: Matt Matravers (York); Participants: AHRC; Imelda Maher; Steven Vaughan
17.30 – 18.30 Special Session, Legal Education
Panel Discussion led by Rachael Field (QUT): Can student wellbeing be influenced by curriculum
intervention? (RCH/017)
18.30 Drinks reception, The Hub Atrium (around the Publishers’ stands)
19.30 Buffet Dinner, Vanburgh College
Wednesday 2nd September 2015
08.00 – 18.00 Registration and Enquiry Desk Open
09.00 – 10.30 Subject Sections A3
10.30 – 11.00 Morning Refreshments and Publishers' Exhibition
11.00 – 12.30 Plenary 1: “Magna Carta” (The Hub Lecture Theatre, RCH/037)
Speakers: Paul Brand (Oxford), Sethina Watson (York), Gwen Seabourne (Bristol)
Chair: Hector MacQueen (Edinburgh)
12.30 – 13.30 Light Lunch and Publishers' Exhibition (the RCH)
13.30 – 14.00 Poster Session: Subject Sections A
14.00 – 15.30 Subject Sections A4
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Refreshments & Publishers' Exhibition
16.00 – 17.30
Plenary 2: Entick v Carrington (The Hub Lecture Theatre, RCH/037)
Speakers: Tom Hickman (Blackstone Chambers; UCL); TT Arvind (Newcastle); Timothy Endicott
(Oxford)
Chair: Baroness Hale (Supreme Court)
19.00 – 23.30 Annual Conference Dinner at the National Railway Museum
Speaker: Joshua Rozenberg
Thursday 3rd September 2015
08.00 – 18.00 Registration and Enquiry Desk Open
09.00 – 10.30 SLS AGM and Council meeting (The Lakehouse, RCH/248&250)
10.30 – 11.00 Morning Refreshments and Publishers' Exhibition
11.00 – 12.30 Subject Sections B1
12.30 – 13.30 Light Lunch and Publishers' Exhibition
13.30 – 14.00 Poster Session: Subject Sections B
13.00-13.50 Lunchtime Session: Access to Justice (The Hub Lecture Theatre)
Participants: Richard Meeran (Leigh, Day and Co); Joy Merriam (McCormacks Solicitors)
Chair: Stuart Bell (York)
14.00 – 15.30 Subject Sections B2
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Refreshments and Publishers' Exhibition
16.00 – 17.30 Plenary 3: "Controlling Corporate Power" (The Hub Lecture Theatre)
Participants: Marc Moore (Cambridge); Sally Wheeler (QUB)
Chair: Lorraine Talbot (York)
17.30 – 18.30 Birks book prize session, Dr Jeff King, ‘Judging Social Rights’ (The Lakehouse,
RCH248&250)
Discussants: Simon Halliday (Chair); Stefano Civitaresi; Tarunabh Khaitan
19.00 – 23.00 Drinks and buffet dinner at the Yorkshire Museum
21.00 York Terror Trail (meeting at the Museum Gardens)
Friday 4th September 2015
08.00 – 14.00 Registration and Enquiry Desk Open
09.30 – 11.00 Subject Sections B3
11.00 – 11.30 Morning Refreshments and Publishers' Exhibition
11.30 – 13.00 Subject Sections B4
12.30 – 14.00 Light Lunch
13.15 – 14.30 Second early career session: Getting a Job; Surviving a Job
Chair: Stephen Bailey (Nottingham)
14.30 – 19.30 PhD conference (The Lakehouse)