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Lara MacLachlan is a Postgraduate Research Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool. She has a BSocSc in Sociology and Social Policy, a Masters in Common Law from University College Dublin, and an Advanced Diploma in Immigration and Asylum Law from King’s Inn, Dublin.
- Educated at University College Dublin (BSocSc, Masters in Common Law) and King’s Inn, Dublin (Advanced Diploma in Immigration and Asylum Law)
Her research focuses on civil legal aid support in Ireland, examining interactions between users and providers through the lens of legal capability. Broad research interests include social inclusion, gender, legal consciousness, and access to justice.
She previously worked as a research assistant on the Learn2EndGBV project at the IRIS Centre, University College Dublin, and currently serves as a research assistant for the Centre of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford.
Supervised by Dr. David Baker, Dr. Diane Frost, and Dr. Jennifer Sigafoos, Lara’s doctoral studies span 2020–2025.
