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Professor Lauren Devine is a Professor of Language and Law at Aston University's Aston Law School. She holds multiple qualifications including a PhD in Law from the University of Birmingham and a MA in Corpus Linguistics from Lancaster University. Her research focuses on intersections between language, law, and child protection, with particular emphasis on corpus linguistics methods applied to legal discourse analysis.
- Education:
- LL.B.(Hons) from University of the West of England
- LL.M from University of Bristol
- M.A. (Research Methods) from University of Birmingham
- M.A. (Corpus Linguistics) from Lancaster University
- Ph.D. (Law) from University of Birmingham
Her research interests span child protection strategies, safeguarding mechanisms, and legal discourse analysis using corpus linguistics. She has led over £3.5m in research projects including analyses of risk assessment algorithms in child welfare cases and corpus-based evaluations of legal documentation in family courts. Notable projects include the Care Cases Crisis series funded by the Nuffield Foundation, and Mind your Language exploring expert reports in family law.
Professor Devine has supervised doctoral research on topics like corpus analysis of family justice systems and statutory interpretation of threatening communications. She is a media commentator featured on BBC and Channel 4 News, and advises on legal and policy matters through her role as a Barrister of Inner Temple. Current PhD supervision focuses on corpus linguistics applied to child protection law and safeguarding.
- Key Awards:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Grants:
- £350k Nuffield Foundation grant for Care Cases Crisis (Part 1)
- £250k ESRC grant for Risk of Risk algorithm study
She leads the Centre for Language and Law's seed projects developing specialized corpora for vulnerability analysis, and maintains affiliations with Lancaster University as a Visiting Professor.
