Sharon Thompson

Reader in Law, Cardiff University

Sharon is a Reader in Law at Cardiff University, researching divorce, prenuptial agreements and feminist legal history.

Her first book Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice (Bloomsbury/Hart 2015) was shortlisted for three major legal book prizes, discussed in UK Parliament and was cited and applied by the High Court of Australia.

Her second book Quiet Revolutionaries: The Married Women's Association and Family Law (Bloomsbury/Hart 2022) includes a foreword written by Lady Hale, the former President of the UK Supreme Court and has been shortlisted for two major book prizes. Further information available here: https://marriedwomensassociation.co.uk/

You can listen to her podcast about the Married Women's Association and women's history here: https://quietrevolutionaries.podbean.com/

Experience

2020–present

Reader, Cardiff University
2017–2020

Senior lecturer, Cardiff University
2015–2017

Lecturer, Cardiff University
2013–2015

Lecturer in Family Law, Keele University

Education

2013

Queen's University Belfast, PhD
2009

Queen's University Belfast, LLB (First Class Honours)

Professional Memberships

Socio-Legal Studies Association
The Society of Legal Scholars
International Society of Family Law
RCSL International Working Group for Comparative Studies of Legal Professions
Royal Historical Society