Professor Sommerlad collaborates with Lund University
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Professor Hilary Sommerlad was recently invited to participate in two international research collaborations and to present on her work at Lund University.
On 12 January, at a workshop on Continuity and Change in the Legal Profession, held at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Professor Sommerlad and her co-author, Professor Pete Sanderson, presented ‘Change, continuity and crisis in the legal profession: the role of gender’.
On 16 January Professor Sommerlad delivered a paper, ‘From social citizenship and democratic lawyering to market citizenship: reflections on a process of de-professionalisation and de-humanisation’ to the Sociology of Law Department, Lund University.
From 25-26 January, Professor Sommerlad participated in a two-day workshop held at the University of Southern Denmark for contributors to a forthcoming anthology: European Welfare Rights in Practice: Regulation, Professionals, and Citizens (Palgrave, Macmillan 2023) and, with Professor Sanderson, presented the chapter: ‘Encounters between welfare professionals and citizens’.
Professor Hilary Sommerlad is the School of Law’s Chair in Law and Social Justice and joint co-ordinator of the Legal Professions Research Group.