Tag Archives: Law
Law theory test
I started blogging in 2012. I have now cleared 100 posts and a total of 100,000 words. (Yes, I probably could have completed a thesis instead, but there we go.) Before having my own WordPress forum, I had to find … Continue reading
Summer placement tips for law students
UPDATE October 2014 – Tods Murray LLP went into administration earlier this month. I hope this was nothing to do with my blogging. Happily, I extracted my blog before the Tods Murray website disappeared. Are you a law student seeking … Continue reading
Students and access to justice
I have posted a new Storify about the place of law students in the access to justice debate. Do go and have a look at what the Scots advocate Niall McCluskey and I had to say to each other on … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice, Law Clinics
Tagged Access to Justice, Law, Law Clinics, Legal Aid, pedagogy
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The International Client Consultation Competition – a judge’s reflections
On 4 and 5 April 2013, I acted as a judge in the preliminary rounds of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition (the ICCC) at the University of Glasgow. What follows is a very personal set of reflections and insights … Continue reading
Human rights: an #indyref angle
Human rights are a big deal. You should not need me to tell you that, nor should you need a showcase event like The Gathering 2013 to publicise that. Imagine having to choose your favourite right, as per my recent … Continue reading
Clinical Legal Education: My reflections on the Form and Funding event at LSBU
I have blogged about my interest in clinical legal education and pro bono publico student law clinics a number of times (see here, here and, for good measure, my Streetlaw blog here). A developing interest in terms of my pedagogical study is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, Law, Law Clinics
Tagged Access to Justice, education, Law, Law Clinics, pedagogy, Streetlaw
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That pesky thing called judicial review
Judicial review, eh? I mean, what a bind. Having to deal with NIMBYs getting in the way of capital projects, and all that. Imagine, then, my relief that ‘David Cameron has promised to crack down on “time-wasting” caused by the … Continue reading
Posted in Devolution, Judicial Review, Rule of Law
Tagged Judicial Review, Law, Legislation
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Law, teaching and technology
Call me a bit of an idealist, but I like to know what I am doing. This is the kind of unfortunate trait that made me want to become English law qualified a few years ago when, despite (or perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, Law
Tagged Access to Justice, education, edutainment, Law, pedagogy
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Hype Cycles and Legislation
Have you heard of Gartner Hype Cycles? Technology geeks who stumble across this blog will probably splutter “of course!” in response to this ridiculous question, but law geeks might respond with a polite but confused shrug. I had certainly never … Continue reading
When a name becomes a human story
What’s in a name? A number of answers could be given, most of which would be context specific. “A rose by any other name…” or other such phrases might be deployed. Writing from a legal context, as is my wont, … Continue reading
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