Legal Education Subject Section Homepage
Home → Sections Home → Legal Education
A. Section Profile
The Legal Education Section provides a forum for members of the SLS
and non-members, whether advanced or in the early stages of their
academic careers, who have an interest in researching any aspect of
teaching, learning and assessment in law to meet and to discuss ideas.
It invites submission of papers concerned with a wide range of issues
related to the subject matter of the Section, a range that covers the
very philosophical foundation of legal education to the practicalities
and best practices of teaching law at higher level. It aims to be
inclusive and so contributions from any academic angle or point of
view are welcomed.
The Section meets annually at the SLS Conference and is a forum for
debate, which is triggered by papers given by those interested in the
topic. The emphasis is placed on work in progress, so there is plenty
of opportunity for discussion, though final papers are, of course,
also welcome.
B. Section Convenor
Dr Leonardo J Raznovich
Division for Law and Dispute Resolution
Canterbury Christ Church University
Kent, CT1 1QU
United Kingdom
Tel: 01227-782488
Email: leonardo.raznovich@googlemail.com
Email: Leonardo.raznovich@canterbury.ac.uk
Deputy Convenor
Tracey Varnava (UKCLE) and Kim Marshall (Westminster).
C. Section News
- Call for Papers on Legal Education for the 2010 SLS Conference at Southampton - Published Tuesday February 16 2010.
D. Provisional Conference Programme
2010 Conference at Southampton
Session 1: September 15th 11.30 - 13.00 Room Nuffield F
1A Anthony Bradney (Keele)
Worlds Apart?
1B Caroline Strevens (Portsmouth)
The changing nature of the legal services market and the implications for the future of legal education
1C Fran Wright (Bradford)
"What's the dissolution of the monasteries, Miss?" - Teaching a compulsory firstyear module in English Legal History at Bradford University Law School.
Session 2: September 15th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Nuffield F
2A Fiona Cownie (Keele)
Changing Universities and (Legal) Academic Identities.
2B Jessica Guth (Bradford)
What makes a good teacher and do you need to have a PGC to be one?
2C Clare Sandford-Couch (Northumbria )
'Law, Images and the Trial of Dissenters.'
Session 3 September 16th 09.00 - 10.30 Room Nuffield F
3A Noelle Higgins ( Dublin City)
The Courtroom in the Classroom -An Analysis of the Use and Place of Simulation Activities as a Pedagogical Tool
3B Taslima Yasmin (BRAC University, Dhaka)
'Access to Public Legal Education: Lessons for a Developing Country like Bangladesh'
Session 4 September 16th 11.00 - 12.30 Room Nuffield F
4A Penny Kent and Maureen Spencer ( Middlesex)
'Linking teaching and research: a role for Law School sabbaticals?'
4B Rosemary Auchmuty (Reading)
'Putting agency into legal accounts: Encouraging students to recognise that law reforms don'tjust happen because "social attitudes changed" (as the textbooks say)'
4C Sarah Mercer and Christopher Rogers (Northumbria )
'The Trial of Dissenters.'
Previous Conferences
- Oxford 2003.
- Sheffield 2004.
- Strathclyde 2005.
- Keele 2006.
- Durham 2007.
- London 2008.