Social Class and Law Workshop

The Law in Societies Research Cluster at Wolfson College and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, invite PhD students and Early Career Researchers in Law to apply to participate in a one-day workshop on Social Class and Law, taking place on 9 September 2026 from 9:30am–6:00pm.

This one-day workshop is designed for legal scholars interested in researching social class in the legal profession, substantive law and/or legal procedure and processes. It aims to provide attendees with a broad grounding in the social class literature to support current or future research projects that consider how law and legal process hold the potential to contribute to or disrupt the construction of class.

Speakers: Professor Mike Savage (London School of Economics), Professor Diane Reay (University of Cambridge), Dr Conor McCabe (Dublin City University), Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper (Queen Mary University of London), Professor Jo Littler (Goldsmiths, University of London), Dr Alexandra Kelbert (University College London), Dr Rima Saini (Middlesex University). 

Workshop Programme: 

• Session 1: Theories of Social Class
• Session 2: Social Class, Poverty, and Neoliberalism
• Session 3: Social Class, Race, and Gender
• Session 4: Social Class Research in Legal Settings. 

This workshop is free to attend. Lunch and refreshments will be provided, but we are unable to fund travel costs. This is an in-person only event. 

Applications: We request that applicants fill out the following form by 30 June 2026, 6:00 pm BST: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/vMch7sND1H. Applicants will be informed of their application outcome by 10 July 2026.