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BAILII: the cream of legal datasets
BAILII provides free Internet access to the legal materials of England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. In this article from the Autumn 2003 issue of Directions Joe Ury, BAILII Executive, provided an overview of the project to date – find out about BA…
JustCite: exploiting legal metadata
In this article from the Spring 2004 issue of Directions Justin Needle, Brand Manager at Context, describes JustCite, a legal reference search engine which can be used as a research tool in the academic environment. The benefits offered by Internet technologies are allowing l…
Opening up the law
In this article from the Spring 2006 issue of Directions Jenny Burnett, Open Law Project Officer, provided an update on the JISC funded Open Law project. The project is now complete – find out about BAILII’s continuing expansion (online article from the Society for C…
BILETA research into ICT provision in law schools
within a VLE or from dedicated webpages datasets subscribed to included Westlaw (11), Lexis (10), Butterworths Direct (6), Current Legal Information (5), Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (5), Lawtel (4) and Justis (4) The almost universal use of intranets and the level o…
Guidelines for good practice in sharing resources in law
current services, reliance on proprietary datasets what are the information and communication needs of legal educators? how does current information seeking behaviour impact on the sharing of resources? …
Building the legal education gateway
of services and a reliance on proprietary datasets, may also be a barrier. Current information seeking behaviour may have a significant impact on the sharing of resources – but that is a matter that needs further research. UKCLE aims to be a key source of information on the …
Teaching environmental law
electronic resources, we found extensive use of datasets and the Web, but relatively slim and sporadic use beyond this of sources such as video. Only four courses currently use virtual learning environments, although others were in gestation and are likely to be introduced in th…
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The UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE) works with law teachers, students, institutions and professional bodies at the academic and vocational stage to improve the student learning experience.…
About Us
The UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE) was established in January 2000 with the aim of promoting the development of learning and teaching in law at both the academic and vocational stages. We work with the legal education community with the aim of improving the student lear…
UKCLE Advisory Board
The UKCLE Advisory Board is made up of nominated representatives from legal education organisations and interest groups and our host institution, plus a number of co-opted members invited to join because of their particular expertise in legal education. The main function of th…
UKCLE vision
Vision, Mission and Values Vision Our vision is to support UK law schools in providing all students with the opportunity to experience a world class legal education. Mission The UK Centre for Legal Education promotes a scholarly and discipline specific approach to the i…
Contact UKCLE
You can contact UKCLE by mail, phone, fax, e-mail or by visiting us. UK Centre for Legal Education University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Tel: 024 7652 3117 Fax: 024 7652 3290 E-mail: ukcle@warwick.ac.uk We are based in the School of Law at the University of Warwi…
Privacy
Data Protection Act 1998 The UKCLE members database contains the details you submit to us via our registration form, events bookings or other correspondence. This database will remain private to UKCLE. We shall not make it publicly available (for example on this website), nor …
UKCLE monitoring and evaluation
UKCLE evaluation 2009-10 The UKCLE evaluation strategy aims to reveal the extent to which UKCLE has been successful in enhancing learning and teaching in law. Qualitative and quantative data is collected against the Higher Education Academy evidence of success framework on an …
UKCLE strategy for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
UKCLE’s strategy for supporting legal education in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland includes a Nations Fund dedicated to supporting activities of a country specific character. We are developing areas of our website to showcase developments in Scotland, Wales and Northe…
UKCLE networking
UKCLE works with a number of associations, networks and interest groups. Our targets for networking include: development of links within the UK and internationally development of expertise/groups around priority areas support for cognate organisations and networks De…
UKCLE reports
UKCLE produces a range of reports as part of the reporting requirements of the Higher Education Academy and UKCLE’s Advisory Board. These include: Annual report Annual operational plan and budget 5 year strategic plan, the current one running from 2008-13. For …
Consultation on deferral of call to the Bar - UKCLE response
In July 2006 the Bar Standards Board (BSB) issued a consultation paper on deferral of call to the Bar – the UKCLE response is given below. The consultation paper identified a number of policy and regulatory issues affecting entry to the profession that might be influence…
Legal education in the UK
This report was compiled in October 2001 to provide baseline data on legal education. It provides background information on the provision of legal education in the UK, details the conclusions of recent reports and surveys, identifies pockets of innovation and finally looks at th…
Revised law subject benchmark statement: UKCLE response
In August 2006 the Quality Assurance Agency issued a draft law subject benchmark statement for consultation – the UKCLE response is given below. The new law subject benchmark statement was released in December 2007. Question 1: Overall, does the revised subject benchma…
A new framework for work-based learning: UKCLE response
In August 2006 the Law Society of England and Wales launched the next phase of consultations on its training regime in its consultation on a new framework for work-based learning – the UKCLE response is given below. Under the proposals the training contract could be redu…
The team
Staff Sefton Bloxham, Senior Teaching and Learning Advisor Paul Cockrell, Technical Support Developer Melanie Hughes, Administrative Assistant Danielle Lysaght, Centre Manager Shaheen Mansoor, Research Assistant Hansa Surti, Events Coordinator Sarah Stacey, Info…
Danielle Lysaght
Centre Manager Danielle’s contact details UK Centre for Legal Education University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Telephone: 024 7652 3117 Mobile: 07824 540709 Email: danielle.lysaght@warwick.ac.uk About Danielle Danielle took up the post of Centre Manager in June…
Hansa Surti
Events Coordinator Hansa’s contact details UK Centre for Legal Education University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Telephone: 024 7657 5219 E-mail: h.surti@warwick.ac.uk About Hansa Hansa joined UKCLE in January 2001. She has particular responsibility for UKCLE…
Jane Holder
ESD Consultant Jane Holder is Reader in Environmental Law in the Centre for Law and Environment, Faculty of Laws, UCL. She was appointed as UKCLE consultant for education for sustainable development (ESD) in September 2009. Jane’s research centres upon the regulatio…
Julian Webb
Centre Director Julian’s contact details UK Centre for Legal Education University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Telephone: 024 7615 0231 Mobile: 0782 4541158 E-mail: julian.webb@warwick.ac.uk Blog: hEaDspace About Julian Julian took over as Director of UKCLE fro…
Sarah Stacey
Information Officer Sarah’s contact details UK Centre for Legal Education University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Telephone: 024 7657 5331 Email: s.r.stacey@warwick.ac.uk About Sarah Sarah joined the team in January 2011 and will be contributing to the website co…
A time for learning and teaching? Making the most of the sabbatical
The UKCLE funded research project on the pedagogic impact of law school sabbaticals, undertaken by Maureen Spencer and Penny Kent (Middlesex University), examined the potential of the sabbatical to enhance research and teaching links. The final report can be downloaded at the bo…
Melanie Hughes
Administrative Assistant Melanie’s contact details UK Centre for Legal Education, University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Telephone: 024 7652 3117 E-mail: melanie.hughes@warwick.ac.uk About Melanie Melanie joined UKCLE in December 2009 and comes from a backgroun…
Sefton Bloxham
Senior Teaching and Learning Advisor Sefton joined UKCLE in January 2011, succeeding Patricia McKellar who has moved to a new role at the University of London. Sefton’s contact details UK Centre for Legal Education, University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Telephon…
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