The draft schedule for the Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2024
Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference Draft Schedule
Thursday 11th April
Registration (Thursday 11th April, from 8:30am)
Welcome and Keynote (Thursday 11th April, 9:15 – 10:30)
Welcome Professor Alison Perry (Head of the School of Law, Swansea University), and Emma Jones (Chair of the Association of Law Teachers).
OUP Law Teacher of the Year 2023: Sadie Whittam, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer and Director of Clinical Legal Education, Lancaster University: “Authentic to what? Authentic to Whom? Considering the Meaning(s), Benefits and Challenges of Authentic Assessment in Law.”
Dr Michele Leering, Queen’s University, Faculty of Law, Canada: “The ‘New’ Superpower: Integrative Reflective Practice.”
Parallel Session 1 (Thursday 11th April, 11:00 – 12:30)
Session A (Conference Rooom) Chair: Dr Katy Vaughan (Swansea University)
Session B (Room G25)
Session C (Lecture Theatre) Chair: Trilby James (Swansea University) Interactive Panel Sponsored by BARBRI: Innovation in Law School Curricula – Designing New Programmes for Future Legal Practitioners.
Session D (Room G36) Chair: Geraint Fry (Swansea University)
Chair: Dr Lloyd Brown (Swansea University)
Papers
Papers
Papers
Diversifying and Challenging Traditional Assessments Using a Student-led Workshop as an Authentic and Innovative Approach to Assessment in Law and Beyond. Stephen Bunbury (University of Westminster) Individual Oral Assessment at Scale: Designing and Implementing Individual Oral Examinations in a Core Undergraduate Law Module. Dr Tom Hannant and Dr Val Aston (Swansea University) Advocating Student Confidence: A Case Study to Demonstrate how Feedback Methods Can Be Used to Create an Accessible and Supportive Learning Environment. Becca Crump and Jonathan Marsh (Cardiff University)
Embracing Popular Culture in Teaching Law – The Case for Introducing Contemporary Popular Culture Modules. Dr Michael Randall, (University of Strathclyde)
Integrating a Personal and Professional Development e-Portfolio into the LLB Law Programme Dr Ed Horowicz and Dr Matthew Gibson University of Liverpool) Employability Outcomes in Clinical Legal Education: What do Students Feel They Have Achieved By Participation in a Digital Criminal Justice Clinic? Emma Curryer and Carol Edwards (The Open University) The Non-Pracademic: Innovator or Imposter. Associate Professor Neal Geach (University of Hertfordshire)
Panellists:
Legal Education and Social Justice: An Obvious Link? James Shipton and Dr Jess Guth (Leeds Trinity University)
Trilby James (Swansea University)
Sadie Whittam (Lancaster University)
Influences Apparent in Undergraduate Course Design in Law. Jane Stonestreet (University of Westminster)
Emma Jones (University of Sheffield)
Chris Walsh (Law Society)
Mike Butler (Professional Law Institute, King’s College London)
Parallel Session 2 (Thursday 11th April, 14:00 – 15:30) Session A
Session B (Room G25)
Session C (Lecture Theatre) Chair: Dr Matthew Parry (Swansea University) Using Technology Panel Session Sponsored by Pearson Legal Education in the Era of Blockchain: Equipping Future Lawyers for a Decentralised Legal Landscape. Charles Ho Wang MAK, (Robert Gorden University) Supporting Students to Understand the Law Using Revel - An Online Learning Resource. Dr Val Aston, Lyndsey Davies, Maddison Lavelle, Sandra Church, and Antonia Fairbourn (Swansea University) Removing the Lure of the Forbidden Fruit: A Lecturer’s Role in Facilitating Students’ use of Artificial Intelligence in Research in Line with Academic Best Practice. Alicia Bates (University of Law) Poster: Legal Education in the Era of Blockchain: Equipping Future Lawyers for a Decentralised Legal Landscape. Charles Ho Wang MAK, (Robert Gorden University)
Session D (Room G36)
(Conference Room) Chair: Dr Tom Hannant (Swansea University) Papers Large Language Models for Law School Teaching and Learning. Lloyd Gash, Chloe Sheppick, and Mike Butler (Professional Law Institute, King’s College London) The Use of GAI-powered Assessment to Develop Critical Thinking and Problem-solving Skills. Dr Naila Anwar (University of Huddersfield) The Impact of AI and Large Language Models in Legal Education: Reimagining Assessment and Navigating the
Chair: Michael Jefferson (University of Sheffield)
Papers
Workshops
It’s Not What You Do, It’s How You Do It; What Social Work Values and Spirituality Can Bring to Legal Education. Ms Rose Parkes (Institute of Law, Jersey) Degree Awarding Gap: An OULS Case Study. Dr Miriam Mbah-Amanze and Dr Caroline Derry (Open University) Street Law: Opportunities and Challenges. Professor Jane Williams, Elenor Marano, and Sa’d Khalayleh (Swansea University) Black Law Students’ Perspectives on the
Teaching Disability at the Law School: Benefits, Opportunities, Challenges. Dr Abigail Pearson and Dr Ezgi Taşcıoğlu (School of Law, Keele University) Qualifying an LLB: Elective Module Provision and LLB Curriculum Design. Dr Cameron Giles (London South Bank University) Dr Yue Ang (Brunel University) Rethinking the Public Law Syllabus. Carol Howells, Liz Simon Lavis and Carol Howell (Open University) What is the Law School For? - Contemporary Public Legal Education. Dr David Yuratich and Dr
Elephant In the Room. Steven Montagu-Cairns (University of Leeds)
Craig Newbury-Jones (University of Exeter)
Workshops 1 (Thursday 11th April, 16:00 – 17:00) Session A (Unavailable Online) (Conference Room) Session C (Lecture Theatre)
Session D (Room G36)
World Café Workshop: Promising Pedagogy – Choose Your Own Adventure: Encouraging Students’ Capacity for Integrative Reflective Practice Dr Michele Leering, Emma Jones (University of Sheffield), and Professor Emeritus Nigel Duncan (City University)
Making MCTs Work: A Reflection on the use of MCTs in Today’s Legal Education. Becca Crump, Lee Price, and Maria Keyse (Cardiff University)
Game Theory and it’s Application to Student Engagement in Higher Education. Mrs Lisa Newman-Davies (Cardiff University School of Law and Politics)
Friday 12th April
Parallel Session 3 (Friday 12th April, 9:15 – 10:45) Session A
Session B (Room G25)
Session C (Lecture Theatre)
Session D (Room G36)
(Conference Room) Chair: Dr Patrick Bishop (Swansea University)
Chair: Michael Jefferson (University of Sheffield)
Chair: Lucinda Bromfield (BPP University Law School)
Chair: Dr Gareth Evans (Swansea University)
Papers Reflecting on the
Papers
Papers
Papers
Legal Skills as a Threshold Concept in Legal Education. Dr Michelle Johnson and Dr Elin Weston (Kings College London) Unveiling the Benefits of Reflective Learning in Professional Legal Practice. Chloe Sheppick (Professional Law Institute, King’s College London)
Possible Applications of Restorative Justice Practices in UK Law Schools. Dr Adeniyi Olayode (Queen’s University, Belfast) WhatsApp! Refreshes the Students Other Peers Couldn’t Reach! Carol Edwards, Kate Ritchie and Liz Hardie (Open University)
Private Providers of Legal Education: Diversity or Challenge? Professor Patricia Leighton (University of South Wales) Critical Legal Studies: Possibilities Within a Marketised Academy. Gareth Bramley (University of Sheffield) Assessing Routes to Qualification. Dr Kat Langley (University of Sunderland) Poster: Clinical Legal Education as an Instrument for Student Social Mobility. Alina Kislova (Open University)
Opportunities and Challenges of Teaching Law Offshore: A Case of the Institute of Law, Jersey. Ms Edna A. Okine, Ms Meryem Horasan, and Mr Abraham Eiluorior (Institute of Law, Jersey) A Tale of Two Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Best Practices in Legal Education in Kingston, Jamaica & Toronto, Canada Dionne Cruickshank (Norman Manley Law School) and Professor Anita John (Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning) How COILs Might Encourage Law Students to Spring Into Action: The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Initiatives to Promote Internationalisation, Inclusivity and Community Building Amongst Law Students. Laura Charleton (University of Kent) Globalising Legal Minds: Navigating Transnational Learning Landscapes with COIL Initiatives. Dr Simon Best (Leeds Trinity University)
Solving the Problem in Problem-based Learning. Amanda Fancourt (King’s College London)
Workshop
The Law-specific Words That Make Up a Quarter of LLM Reading. Dr Jenny Kemp (Leicester University)
Parallel Session 4 (Friday 12th April, 11:15 – 12:45)
Session A (Conference Room) Chair: Dr Jess Guth (Leeds Trinity University)
Session C (Lecture Theatre) Chair: Dr Lloyd Brown (Swansea University)
Session D (Room G36) Chair: Dr Matthew Parry (Swansea University)
Papers
Papers
Papers Balancing Without Burdening: The Role of Law Schools in Developing Students’ Commercial Awareness. Lloyd Gash (Kings College London) Forming Medico-legal Partnerships to Provide Holistic Care to Domestic Abuse Survivors. Professor Richard Owen (Swansea University) New Approaches: Immigration Law, Professional Practice, and Employability. Carol Howells, Liz Moody and Edwin Parks (The Open University)
Flipping IRAC with FORTITUDE Professor Dawn Watkins (University of Sheffield)
Translanguaging in Legal Education Dr Huw Pritchard (Cardiff University)
Improve Children’s Legal Knowledge and Skills Through School Tasking: Your Time Starts Now. Dr Ali Struthers (University of Warwick)
A Legal Pedagogy of the Imagination: Transformative Legal Education Through the Techniques of Story World. Dr Chloe Wallace (Leeds University)
Theoretical Foundation – Trust in the Rule of Law Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams (University of Surrey)
Indeterminacy and Uncertainty in Legal Education Dr Mark Campbell (University of Bristol)
Workshops 2 (Friday 12th April, 13:45 – 14:45)
Session A (Conference Room)
Session C (Lecture Theatre)
Session D (Room G36)
Building Law Students’ Future Employability and Wellbeing: A Mapping Exercise Lucy Floyd, Shirley Shipman, Gayle McKemey (Oxford Brookes University)
Exploring a More Student-Centred Curriculum Design & Delivery in Legal Education Dr Marloes Spreeuw, Uchechukwu Oluwatosin Ani, and Dr Veronika Shleina (University of Westminster)
Work Based Learning - What are the Challenges in Ensuring Fair Access to Placements? Stuart Kelly and Douglas Jack, (University of Strathclyde)
Keynote (Friday 12th April, 15:00 – 15:45)
The Right Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court “The Case for International Law”
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