The Law & Society Research Group was pleased to welcome Professor David Cantor (@rli-sas.bsky.social) for a talk on "Refugee Law-Making, State Sovereignty and the Paradox of Non-Independent Territories" today! A big thank you to David for visiting Northumbria Law School and sharing his research!

It was a real pleasure to hear @apowelllaw.bsky.social talk about his fantastic book Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration - thank you for visiting Northumbria and the Law and Society Research Group!

I enjoyed speaking at "Unseen and Unprotected: Modern Slavery in the Shadow of Migration" at Jesus College Cambridge yesterday. @petrebreazu.bsky.social and the other organisers brought together speakers and audience members who genuinely care about trafficked persons and other irregular migrants.

I am delighted that my most recent book 'Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales' (Hart, 2024) has been nominated for the Hart-SLSA Book Prize AND the Socio-Legal Theory and History Prize 2026... (more below!) slsa.ac.uk/so/45PmDxXBD...

Northumbria Law School's Dr Helen Rutherford is part of this exciting project - read more below!

📢 #CfP @divorcehistory.bsky.social conference: Marital breakdown in the English common law world 1801-1969 📅 20 April 2026 🎓Northumbria University 🎤 Keynote: Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE 💰 Speaker bursaries available! #legalhistory #socialhistory #genderhistory #law #humanities

I've been thinking about how UK immigration law practitioners and legal academics could collaborate more effectively for a while now. Read about the rationale behind a JIANL Special Issue on the topic and ongoing research (including how to get involved) on the ILPA blog 👇

Looking forward to speaking at this interesting event alongside my fellow Human Trafficking Research Network Steering Group members Dr Maria Turda and @dayoakin.bsky.social and lots of other fantastic contributors! Thank you for the invitation!

A fascinating blog from my brilliant colleague Dr Helen Rutherford on #Victorian #Coroners and a unique source held at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, is speaking at a research event in France. Laura is a project partner on 'droits et politiques du travail sexuel 2026', a research/action initiative on improving European laws and policies on sex work. It is funded by l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

I won a prize 🥳 Well, Deserted Wives did 😍 📖 Thank you to The Society of Legal Scholars for a lovely evening and wonderful recognition. I am very grateful (as the cheesy grin shows!) Deserted Wives currently has 30% off: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-... #19thC #WomensHistory #sls2025

Associate Professor Helen Rutherford has co-written a book on Newcastle Prison. There will be a book launch on Thursday 21 August at 6:30pm at Newcastle City Library. You can book your place at the launch here - www.tiny.cc/newcastlepri...

Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, and @lawandsexuality.bsky.social are co-editing a Concise Encyclopaedia of Gender, Sexuality and Law. Laura and Chris are seeking additional suggestions of entries to the encyclopaedia. See attached poster for full details and get in touch if interested.

We're delighted to be hosting SLSA 2027 in Northumbria. The Law and Society group can't wait to showcase the amazing socio-legal research happening at Northumbria

For 2027 we will be in Newcastle-upon-Tyne hosted by @nulawandsociety.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social Northumbria Law School Looking forward to it already - but then I am biased!

@drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and I had a scrumptious time talking at @nulawandsociety.bsky.social about @lawsadrag.bsky.social - drag, law, research, queer stuff, and future projects. And there's a really cute bar nearby too for afterwards!

Absolutely delighted to launch our book, Navigating Contemporary Sex Work, at @scarlettletters.co.uk (sex worker inclusive bookshop), February 12th 6-8pm. Hoping for lots of community members to come along. Free drink & chance to win book with every ticket! www.scarlettletters.co.uk/event-detail...

Friday 13 is lucky for some...I'm so proud of my PhD. student Kerri Armstrong, who has won the Irish Legal History Society PG Essay Prize for her brilliant paper on female offenders in #19thC Belfast @nulawandsociety.bsky.social www.irishlegalhistorysociety.org?p=1772

I'm @northumbriauni.bsky.social this morning ready to launch our new book with the wonderful @lauragraham86.bsky.social I'm going to have to hold in the emotion about the fact that it is done-not easy when I started the day with a voice note from Figen Murray 😭😭 if you are in Newcastle,say hello!

This Thursday at 10.30am GMT we'll be hosting a book launch for Navigating Contemporary Sex Work, edited by @criminographer.bsky.social @lauragraham86.bsky.social, Lynzi Armstrong et al. If you'd like a link, email laura.n.graham[@]northumbria.ac.uk link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Had a fun and productive research coffee and cake morning with the group this morning. Festive gingerbread cat bums (home made by our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social) went down a treat!

This Thursday at 10.30am GMT we'll be hosting a book launch for Navigating Contemporary Sex Work, edited by @criminographer.bsky.social @lauragraham86.bsky.social, Lynzi Armstrong et al. If you'd like a link, email laura.n.graham[@]northumbria.ac.uk link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Today we're hosting the MLR -funded conference on Living a Reproductive Life in the Workplace. Organised by Elisabeth Griffiths and Lyndsey Bengtsson, the conference considers discrimination, care, shifts in lives, menopause and their effects on women's lives.

This afternoon we're benefitting from the experience of Professor Phil Thomas, editor of the Journal of Law and Society. Phil is talking to us about producing 4* REF outputs.

We have another fantastic conference coming up next week. Follow the link below to see the programme in full and register.

That’s a wrap. Thanks to the fantastic speakers for making the day so thought provoking.

There's still time to register for this conference tomorrow at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. The conference has been generously funded by the Society of Legal Scholars. See the link below for full details.