Legal Professions Research Group

The last few decades have seen momentous changes to the legal profession, ranging from the technologies which are transforming its work, to its organisational and regulatory environment, and the varied and constantly shifting nature of its clients.  Established in 2021, at the School of Law, the LPRG’s research addresses these changes and their impact, including the expansion, diversification and fragmentation of the profession.

We promote world-leading, interdisciplinary and international research on legal professions and legal professionalism and legal education’s links with professional training. The Group’s members have a breadth and diversity of research interests, incorporating a broad span of legal practice from corporate law to criminal law, regulatory to human rights and social justice; as noted in this selection of our past research projects. Our agenda is shaped by our engagement with both academic communities and with practitioners, professional bodies, policy makers and other stakeholders.