Linda Mulcahy delivers inaugural Madge Easton Andersdon lecture at the University of Glasgow

Director of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Linda Mulcahy, was honoured to give the inaugural Madge Easton Anderson annual lecture at the University of Glasgow this week.  The lecture was hosted by The Women in Law Project, in collaboration with the Glasgow Open (GO) Justice Centre.  Linda’s lecture on ‘The Right to Legal Knowledge: Epistemic injustice in post democratic age' spoke to many of the issues that these projects are engaged with around marginalised voices in the justice system.

Madge Easton Anderson is a woman worthy of being celebrated. She was the first woman admitted to practise as a professional lawyer in the UK when she qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1920. The photograph on the right features Linda alongside an image of Madge, which is composed of a collage of photographs of female lawyers in Scotland. Reflecting on the lecture, Linda said:

It was a privilege to be asked to commemorate the many achievements of such an important pioneer as Madge Easton Anderson. Much of my own scholarship has focused on the recovery of lost stories of women who have worked in and with the law. I hope that this will be the first of many collaborations with fellow feminists at Glasgow.

Linda is currently working with Ellie Whittingdale and Rape Crisis England and Wales on a Lottery funded oral history of Rape Crisis Centres and with Marie Burton on a history of law centres and the role of female pioneers within them.

The visit to Glasgow also gave Linda the opportunity to take part in the Emma Ritch Women’s Rights Seminar 2024.