Professor Amel Alghrani LLB, MA, PhD, Barrister (non-practising)
Professor of Law Law
Professional Activities
Selected Professional Activities
Editorship
- Medical Law International (Co- Editor alongside Dr Paula Case and Professor Marie Fox, 2018 - present) (Editorship)
Examination Role
- University of Glasgow, LLB (Medical Law) (UG, 2019 - 2021) (Examination Role)
- University of Kent, PhD (2019) (Examination Role)
- University of Sussex, External Examiner on the undergraduate Family Law and Healthcare Law modules (2017) (Examination Role)
- University of Oxford, External Examiner on MPhil Thesis on Ectogenesis (2017) (Examination Role)
- University of Worcester, External Adviser on development of new programmes: LLM Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · MSc Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGDip Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGCert Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · Postgraduate Award Professional Development Expert Witness · LLM Legal Practice (top-up) (2016) (Examination Role)
Conference Roles
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How effective are legal mechanisms challenging permanent exclusions of pupils, particularly pupils with SEN’
- Surface Pressures: Academia and Caring Commitments, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Keele University)
- Uterine Transplantation: Legal and Regulatory Issues, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 2023)
- ‘Regulating Novel Reproductive Technologies’, by Invitation (London, 2023)
- Gross negligence manslaughter – are BAME doctors disproportionally impacted?, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2023)
- Legal and regulatory challenges of regulating ectogenesis/ ectogenic research, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Hôpital Civil de Charleroi, 2023)
- Regulating reproduction: Righting reproductive wrongs, by Invitation (University of Manchester, 2023)
Editorships
- Medical Law International (Co- Editor alongside Dr Paula Case and Professor Marie Fox, 2018 - present)
- Medical Law Review (Guest Chief Editor for a special issue on The Mental Capacity Act: Ten Years On, 2016 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of Liverpool, PhD Examination and Viva (2023)
- University of Manchester, PhD Examination and Viva (2023)
- University of Cambridge, PhD Examination and Viva (2023)
- University of Melbourne, PhD Examination (2022)
- University of Glasgow, LLB (Medical Law) (UG, 2019 - 2021)
- University of Kent, PhD (2019)
- University of Sussex, External Examiner on the undergraduate Family Law and Healthcare Law modules (2017)
- University of Oxford, External Examiner on MPhil Thesis on Ectogenesis (2017)
- University of Worcester, External Adviser on development of new programmes: LLM Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · MSc Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGDip Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGCert Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · Postgraduate Award Professional Development Expert Witness · LLM Legal Practice (top-up) (2016)
- University of Sussex, External Examiner on the Pre Masters in Law Programme (2013)
- University of Liverpool, External Examiner on a number of core and undergraduate law modules (such as Tort and Medical Law) (2012)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Alder Hey Hospital (2017 - 2022)
- Liverpool Womens Hospital (2014 - present)
- European Network for Cancer research in Children and Adolescents (2013 - 2015)
Professional Body Memberships
- The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) (Member , 2008 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Associate Dean (Education)
- Member of the SLSJ Senior Management Team
- Director of the Health Law & Regulation Unit
- Member of the University’s Board of Discipline
- Senior Tutor (2013-2017)