Overseas e-membership

Please note that these benefits apply to members of SCL UK only, and not to members of our sister Societies. More information, including full details about the Society, are available on our about page.

Meetings & Lectures

Overseas e-members (who must be resident outside the UK and Ireland) may attend the Society's events on the same terms as non-members. See our events page for upcoming events.

Please note that these benefits apply to members of SCL UK only, and not to members of our sister Societies. More information, including full details about the Society, are available on our about page.

Meetings & Lectures

Overseas e-members (who must be resident outside the UK and Ireland) may attend the Society's events on the same terms as non-members. See our events page for upcoming events.

Papers

The Society publishes a number of papers each year - see our papers page for the full list to date. Some are published in hard copy, some are only published in electronic format: all are put on the website. You will be emailed a copy of every SCL paper that is published after the date that you join.

Website

You may download online papers free, while there is a charge for non members. We may also be introducing other members-only benefits on the site.

Newsletter

You will be emailed each monthly newsletter after the date that you join. See our newsletters page for archived newsletters.

SCL Directory

You will be listed in our annual Membership Directory (if you wish) but a hard copy of the Directory will NOT be posted to you.

Library

The Construction Law library that used to be housed at the Old Watch House at King’s College, London has now been merged with the Maughan library in Chancery Lane. Any SCL member who wishes to use the Maughan library should complete the application form. For further details about the Maughan library please contact Sue Hart.

Fees

The annual subscription is £15, payable in January each year. There is also an additional initial joining fee of £25. Your first year's subscription covers the period up to 31st December of the year in which you join the Society. For applications approved after 30 September, the subscription will be deemed to cover the remainder of that year and the entire following calendar year.

Terms & Conditions

For Overseas E-Membership:

  • You must satisfy the usual conditions for membership: you must be interested and professionally involved in construction law.
  • 'Overseas' is defined as residence outside the UK and Ireland. You must be or expect to be resident overseas at the commencement of your period of membership.
  • You must give details of your normal place of residence, which must be overseas.
  • If you move back to the UK, you may remain an overseas member for the remainder of that calendar year, but must then renew as a full member for the following year if you wish to continue your membership.
  • Once you become an overseas member SCL will not direct any post to a UK address.
  • Application and all payments can only be made via the Society’s web shop (and not by post). Invoices (including renewal invoices) and hard-copy receipts will not be issued.
  • You must provide a personal email address. Email addresses such as ‘mail@….’ or ‘info@….’ are not acceptable.
  • You must undertake to keep your registered email address up to date. If SCL receives two notifications of failed delivery, you will cease to be sent email transmissions.
  • If you are a full member and are transfered overseas, no rebate is available on your current year's membership. However, you may transfer to overseas membership at the start of the new subscription year, provided that you continue to reside overseas.

Application procedure

As part of your application, you will need to pay the joining fee and first year's subscription in advance. They will both be refunded in full in the unlikely event that your application is rejected. This type of membership requires online payment and application. You first need to register on this website and then follow the instructions.

If you are already registered, for example as an academic visitor, you do not need to re-register. Go to your 'My account' page (left menu when logged in), then click on the tab/link at the top, 'Profile', then change your 'Registration purpose' to 'SCL membership application'. Then save the form, and you will see links on your account page to go to pay for either Full or Overseas membership. You can follow through the process from there.

Please note that you will not have access to member privileges such as free downloading of papers until your membership has been approved.

If you have any further questions please email or telephone our adminstrator.