Dr. Susannah Paul

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Biography

Susannah Paul joined the Law School at the University of Glasgow in 2025 as a Lecturer in Administrative Law. Previously, she taught at the University of the West of Scotland from 2021 to 2025. Her research interests focus on administrative justice, particularly in examining tribunal processes. Her doctoral research explored the interplay between adversarialism and empathy in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). She is interested in legal consciousness and participation in administrative justice settings, aiming to address questions of access to justice and how these can be improved. Additionally, Susannah is dedicated to issues of social justice in legal education and the legal profession, particularly in making access to law more inclusive. She has been involved in various grants and projects, including the SLSA Impact Grant for guiding interpreter-mediated hearings and the AHRC PhD Scholarship for a project on multilingualism in law. Susannah actively welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in administrative justice and related socio-legal research.

Research Interests

Experience

Lecturer

2025-01-01 — Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland

Lecturer in Administrative Law.

Lecturer

2021-01-01 — 2025-01-01

University of the West of Scotland • Scotland

Taught various law subjects and supervised students.