Twenty Years of Feminist Legal Studies: Reflections and Future Directions

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Editor’s note: On Saturday 18 May 2013, the Editorial Board of Feminist Legal Studies hosted an afternoon event at the University of Kent, Canterbury to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the journal. The event also marked the transition from the journal’s original home at Kent Law School to a new editorial board comprised of feminist academics from thirteen institutions across the UK. The event included a roundtable reflecting on the past 20 years of feminist legal scholarship and its future directions. Sarah Lamble edited this transcript of the roundtable. Speakers included past and present Editorial Board Members: Joanne Conaghan (University of Bristol), Emily Grabham (University of Kent), Rosemary Hunter (Queen Mary, University of London), Sarah Keenan (SOAS, University of London), Yvette Russell (Queen’s University Belfast) and Sally Sheldon (University of Kent). Participants in the discussion included: Samia Bano (SOAS, University of London), Nicola Barker (University of Kent), Kate Bedford (University of Kent), Brenna Bhandar (SOAS, University of London), Davina Cooper (University of Kent), Didi Herman (University of Kent), Loveday Hodson (University of Leicester), and Nirmal Puwar (Goldsmiths, University of London). Yvette Russell: Welcome to this great event for the twentieth anniversary of Feminist Legal Studies (FLS). I’d like to thank our hosts, Kent Law School, for their hospitality, and our publisher Springer who have contributed to the event today, and also to Nicky [Barker] for all of the work she has done organising this event. Thanks also to Brenna [Bhandar] for organising the second panel session [on feminist theory] and to research support staff at Kent Law School, who helped organise this. Fem Leg Stud (2014) 22:109–130 DOI 10.1007/s10691-014-9266-0