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Liz Hardie, Law Teaching Director

50 Years of Clinical Legal Education: Looking Back to the Future

Liz Hardie, Teaching Director at the Open University Law School writes about anniversaries and the Open Justice team chapter that was published last week in ‘Law in Motion: 50 Years of Legal Change’

At the start of this advent blog, here is a quick quiz to find out how much you know about Christmas. 

22nd December 2020
A Surprise for Christmas by Martin Edwards

Christmas? It’s a Mystery

Simon Lee, Professor of Law at the Open University writes about his interest in Christmas crime novels and recommends trying your hand at one....

21st December 2020
Helena Normanton (Women's Library at LSE)

A very special legal Christmas Eve

Dr Caroline Derry, Senior Lecturer in the Open University Law School writes about 24 December 1919, a special day for women and the law.

20th December 2020
Dona Mclachlan

"My name is Dona Mclachlan and I'm addicted to cold water swimming..."

Open Justice student Dona Mclachlan lets us in on her well-being secret.

I am an addict, you could be too.

19th December 2020
Jill St George

A Caribbean Christmas

Jill St George gained her LLB, LLM and PgDip BVC before embarking on an academic career at the University of Aberystwyth in 2009. Having lived in Bahrain and Barbados from 2011, Jill returned to England and started a PhD at the University of Sussex, which is currently in the “writing up” stage. Jill has recently joined the OU Law School as a lecturer.

With an admittedly fairly tenuous link, I introduce you to my research area within the theme of Christmas!

18th December 2020
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Christmas (and other) couplings

Dr Stephanie Pywell, Senior Law Lecturer at the Open University writes about her research into weddings and related ceremonies.

17th December 2020
2011 The six Expedition 30 crew members assemble in the U.S. Lab (Destiny)

Cosmopolitan Space Law: To Legality and Beyond

Dr Marjan Ajevski writes about his interest in Space Law and its developments in this blog post.

16th December 2020
Dr Miriam Mbah

Public Procurement Law, Sustainable Goals and Human Trafficking

Dr Miriam Mbah joined the Open University as a Lecturer in Law in September 2020. She has both an LLM and a PhD in Public Procurement Law.

15th December 2020
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A Virtual World of Possibilities

Dr Clare Jones Senior Law Lecturer at the Open University writes about the benefits of using virtual worlds in education.

Online learning is the future of education, (Designing digitally, 2020). Here at the Open University this is what we have been doing since our inception in 1969, but technology is allowing us to design more and more immersive educational spaces. Academics and industry alike are striving to create the best possible online learning environment for our students.

14th December 2020
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What happened to law clinics in lockdown?

The disruption caused by Covid-19 has had far reaching impacts and required all of us to adapt to life’s challenges under lockdown. University law clinics are no exception and law academics and clinic supervisors have had to act fast and think creatively to keep their clinical programmes running. 

13th December 2020

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