Dr Susannah Paul joined the Law School in 2025 as a Lecturer in Administrative Law, having previously taught at the University of the West of Scotland (2021-2025).

Susannah’s research interests include administrative justice, tribunals, access to justice and law and emotions.

Susannah completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow. She also holds undergraduate (Scots Law LLB, first class) and postgraduate (MRes in Equality and Human Rights) qualifications from the University of Glasgow. Her doctoral studies and postgraduate degree were generously funded by an AHRC 1 + 3 studentship, which formed part of the Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, The Body, Law and the State Project  (AHRC Grant Ref: AH/L006936/1).

Susannah sits on the Academic Panel of the Administrative Justice Council, and she is involved in socio-legal research networks.

Susannah’s primary research interests lie in administrative justice, and her work to date has examined tribunal processes. Her doctoral work explored the interplay between adversarialism and empathy in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). She is also interested in legal consciousness and participation within administrative justice settings, and her work addresses questions of access to justice and how it can be improved. Susannah is also interested in issues of social justice within legal education and the legal profession and with a particular interest in how access to both can be broadened and made more inclusive.

2024 – SLSA Impact Grant. Role: mentor of lead applicant, Project: Navigating Justice: A Guide for Interpreter-Mediated Hearings in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal. Lead applicant: Banaz Kamil £1340

2022 - Vice-Chancellor’s Studentship, University of the West of Scotland, UK. Role: Lead applicant and First Supervisor, Project: Interpretation in the Immigration Tribunal (Lead Supervisor). £60,615 (Stipend and PhD fees for three years)

2016 - AHRC PhD Scholarship, 1+3 studentship. Role: studentship holder, Project: Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, The Body, Law and the State, Principal Investigator: Professor Alison Phipps - AHRC Grant Ref: AH/L006936/1 

Susannah welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in administrative justice, tribunal processes, and socio-legal approaches to administrative law.

• Constitutional Law
• Law and Government
• EU Law
• Citizens v. the State

• Member of the Administrative Justice Council’s Academic Panel
• Co-convenor of the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference’s Administrative Justice Stream
• Member of the Editorial Board of Access to Justice in a Changing World, Edinburgh University Press Book Series