Brexit and the (Northern) Law School

Speakers

Programme (starts 10:30 finishes 17:00)

10:00-10:30 Arrivals & coffee

10:30-11:15 Session 1 Brexit and the management of transition in northern Law Schools

Speaker: Professor Stuart Bell, York Law School, University of York

Response/discussant: Dr Jess Guth, Leeds Beckett University, former Head of Bradford Law School

11:15-11:30 Brief comfort break

11:30-12:30 Session 2: Learning and Teaching

EU law on law curricula post-Brexit

Dr Debra Malpass (Head of Research and Analysis, Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Response/discussant: Emeritus Professor Richard Taylor, former Head of Lancashire Law School, UCLAN, and SLS President elect

12:30-13:45 Lunch and networking

Session 2 continued

13:45-14:30 Brexit and the changing Law School student body

Speaker: Professor Paul James Cardwell, former Director of Internationalisation, Sheffield Law School, now Strathclyde University

Response/discussant: Professor Michael Dougan, Liverpool Law School

14:30-14:45 Brief comfort break

14:45-17:00 Session 3: Research, research-led learning, impact, knowledge exchange

EU law research, and research-led teaching, in northern English law schools

Professor Eleanor Spaventa, Professor of European Union Law, Durham

Response/discussant: Tamara Hervey, Sheffield Law School

15 min comfort break

EU law research, impact and interactions with non-academic partners

Dr Charlotte O’Brien, Senior Lecturer, York Law School

Response/discussant: Dr Francesca Strumia, Sheffield Law School

17:00 Refreshments and networking