Angela holds academic status in the College of Business, Government and Law, where she is a former Senior Lecturer. She is the former Scientific Director at the International Institute for Sociology of Law, in Onati in Spain. She has also held previous posts in the School of Law, University of Manchester; Newcastle Centre for Family Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Justice Policy Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia; Justice Research Centre, Sydney.

Her primary research interests focus on the sociology of the legal profession, including risk management within law firms, lawyer-client interaction, professional regulation, and stratification within the profession.