Get to know CRN 58 Co-Chair Foluke Adebisi!
Institution:
The University of Bristol
Number of years as LSA member:
5
Number of LSA Meetings Attended:
3
LSA Governance Position(s) and Committees:
Co-Chair, CRN 58: Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire
Other Association Affiliations:
Socio-Legal Studies Association
Association of Law Teachers
Society of Legal Scholars
Areas of Research:
Legal Education
Decolonisation
Critical Theory
Legal History
Law and Literature
Favorite Topics to Teach or Research:
Anything that engages with the relationship between law and society. At the moment that is Law and Literature.
Unique Skill or Fact:
I used to perform spoken-word poetry a lot. I still write poems on my website.
Additional Hobbies:
Blogging
Singing
Gardening
Fiction writing
Notable Awards and Grants:
Margaret Brazier Book Prize for Outstanding Mid-Career Scholarship, Society of Legal Scholars | 2024
Finalist, Law Teacher of the Year, Oxford University Press | 2024
Top Books and/or Publications:
“Introduction: Decolonising the law school: presences, absences, silences…and hope” (Decolonisation and the Law School, 2023)
“The Sea Casts its Wide Net of Justice Wide: A Speculative Judgment for What Has Been Left to the Waters of Despair” (The Anthropocene Judgments Project, 2023)
“Black/African science fiction and imaginative resistance: Explorations towards a racially just jurisprudence of the future” (Cultural Legal Studies of Science Fiction, 2024)
Education:
Ph.D., LL.M., Lancaster University
LLB, Obafemi Awolowo University
Major Appearances:
Interview with R.I.S.E. Women, Ujima Radio Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol
What do you find the most beneficial about being an LSA member?
The international nature of LSA enables me to network with academic colleagues from all over the world. In the context of the work I do, it is fulfilling to explore points of confluence and departure in our connected research.
The foregoing inspired me, along with a number of colleagues, to set up CRN 58: Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire. One of our main motivations is figuring out how we can collaborate to attune legal education to global challenges—or, in other words, learning together how the events of the past contribute to the challenges of the present so we can build better futures.
Being a member of LSA also keeps me informed about new innovations in my areas of interest.
Why should professionals or students join LSA?
For students, being part of LSA helps them learn a lot more than what can be covered in the classroom. It also gives them a template of what types of academic they can be while providing them with a great networking opportunity for career development. This is especially so for students who take an active part in LSA activities by presenting papers and attending events.
The same is true for established professionals, who can use LSA networks to strengthen their careers through skill development and knowledge acquisition.
Learn more about Foluke Adebisi, her many publications, awards, and involvement with academic organizations here.