Centre for Legal Education

LEG Newsletter (February 2011): oral skills

A group of 13 filled the meeting on 21st February with a stimulating discussion on oral skills (mooting, interviewing, advocacy, conference, negotiation, mediation, presentations). So much so that we didn’t get as far as discussion of assessment of such skills. The latter has now acquired a short slot at the teaching and learning event and […]

LEG Newsletter (June 2009) assessment issues

The fourth meeting of the Nottingham Law School Legal Education Group was held on Monday 8th June 2009. The LEG, led by Becky Huxley-Binns and Jane Ching, engages in research in legal education and as a result aims to raise the profile, internally and externally, of the teaching quality within Nottingham Law School. This meeting, […]

LEG Newsletter (March 2014): What happened after LETR?

The Legal Education Group is a discussion group, organised by the Centre for Legal Education but open to everyone (including, if your line manager says yes, subject administrators). It positively benefits from bringing together people from across the school. The spring meeting focussed on: “What has happened since the Legal Education and Training Review report?” […]

LEG Newsletter (May 2012): fourth NLS learning and teaching conference

This Newsletter summarises the Nottingham Law School’s 4th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference on 1th May 2012. Becky Huxley-Binns, Learning and Teaching Coordinator, opened the event with a presentation entitled ‘Tuition, Recession, Progression: Problems or a Perfect Storm?’ It was a personal reflection on what the changes on education in general and legal education in […]

LEG Newsletter (May 2013): fifth NLS learning and teaching conference

This Newsletter summarises the Nottingham Law School’s 5th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference on 14th May 2013. Andrea Nollent, Dean of Nottingham Law School, opened the conference by challenging the audience to consider the future of legal education, of law jobs, of training, and of our role in that future, locally, nationally and internationally. Notwithstanding […]

LEG Newsletter (November 2013): What I learned from (someone else)

The Legal Education Group is a discussion group, organised by the Centre for Legal Education but open to everyone (including, if your line manager says yes, subject administrators). It positively benefits from bringing together people from across the school. The autumn meeting focussed on: “What I learned from …” – sharing tips and techniques that […]

WEBB, J., CHING, J., MAHARG, P. and SHERR, A., 2013. Setting standards: the future of legal services education and training regulation in England and Wales:

WEBB, J., CHING, J., MAHARG, P. and SHERR, A., 2013. Setting standards: the future of legal services education and training regulation in England and Wales: the final report of the Legal Education and Training Review independent research team, June 2013. Research report for external body. Legal Education and Training Review. http://letr.org.uk/the-report/index.html