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The Government of Wales Act 2006: teaching resource note
general principles behind the Government of Wales Act 2006. It is intended to be of assistance to those teaching legal systems particularly to those outside Wales and explains why familiarity with aspects of the Act is necessary in other parts of the UK. It was written in 2010…
UKCLE strategy for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland, and our Directo…
Legal education in Wales
What’s new in Wales Interview with John Griffiths AM – listen to Richard Owen’s interview with John Griffiths AM, Counsel General and Leader of the Legislative Programme For our future: the 21st century higher education strategy and plan for Wales –…
Legal education in Wales: opportunities and challenges
establishment of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 reference to Wales in legal matters often meant no more than a brief realisation that English law extended westwards beyond Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford. In this article from the Summer 2005 issue of Directions Rob Eas…
Mapping legal education in Wales (MaLEW)
into aspects of post 16 provision in law in Wales Completion date: February 2003 UKCLE funding: £5,000 This research, funded by UKCLE and the University of Glamorgan, aimed to overcome the lack of information on some of the key features of legal education in Wales and to rai…
Legal Wales: annual symposium 2007
Glamorgan) reports on the 2007 symposium of Legal Wales, a representative body of lawyers and legal academics set up in 2001. Since devolution started in 1999 Wales has increasingly been moving in the direction of acquiring a distinct identity as a separate jurisdiction from …
Wales and the Training Framework Review: even more problems?
impact of the Law Society of England and Wales’ Training Framework Review on the solicitors profession in Wales. See our Legal Practice Course review page for full details of the Training Framework Review. Amongst the most controversial aspects of the Law Society of E…
Legal directions in Wales: an interview with John Griffiths AM
School and UKCLE’s Consultant for Wales, recently met with John Griffiths AM, Counsel General of the Welsh Assembly Government to discuss current trends in legal education and other legal matters in Wales. The full interview is available to listen to as a podcast. …
UKCLE Wales e-newsletter
e-newsletter for academics based in law schools in Wales was sent to our Welsh contacts on 5 July 2010. It is intended as a complement to the main UKCLE e-newsletter and will appear three times a year. The UKCLE Wales e-newsletter highlights news, events and resources of pa…
The Government of Wales Act 2006: the challenges for legal education
examined the development of devolution in Wales, concluding with a summary of the implications for legal education providers. Richard is UKCLE’s contact person for Wales and coordinated our 2007 seminar Exploring the impact of the Government of Wales Act 2006 on legal educatio…
Learning law in England and Wales
information on the practice of legal education in Wales and support for learning and teaching see our Wales mini-site. Qualifying as a lawyer The legal profession in England and Wales is divided into the two branches of solicitors and barristers. The Law Society is the …
Law degrees in England and Wales
links to all law schools in England and Wales. Our law school A-Z lists all UK higher education institutions offering a qualifying law degree (QLD). QLDs are recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board as meeting the requirements for completin…
Quality assurance in higher education
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales on the QAA website give details of the procedures in each country and links to further information. The academic infrastructure section gives links to key components, including: Code of practice for the assurance of academic q…
Welsh legal education: working together, succeeding together
all aspects of post 16 legal education in Wales. Delegates were drawn from many sectors, including higher and further education institutions, schools, professional bodies and private teaching companies. The purpose of the conference was to set the agenda for further research i…
Welsh medium education at Glamorgan
module at Glamorgan, presented at the Legal Wales Conference held in Cardiff on 13-14 November 2004. The post-devolution settlement in Wales has started to see raised awareness of specifically Welsh higher education issues. This is particularly true of Welsh legal education, a…
Developing students’ critical thinking skills through peer assessment and information literacy
yet, Scotland has one in draft form and Wales is hoping to develop one, so I am hopeful that this will encourage curriculum development. Some institutions have already taken a strategic approach and have an information literacy strategy, eg Cardiff, Sheffield, Leeds to name but …
The challenge and opportunities of contextualising legal education
Alexandra Dobson (University of Wales, Newport) considered the opportunities and challenges of teaching law in mixed programmes in higher education. Alex’s slides are embedded below, and her full paper is available to download at the bottom of t he page. Increasingl…
Directions 8
Spring 2004…
Using SIMPLE at the University of Glamorgan law school
Case study on the use of the SIMPLE application in the law school at the University of Glamorgan, one of five law schools participating in UKCLE’s SIMPLE project If you would like to know more about the use of SIMPLE at Glamorgan contact Karen Counsell on kmcounse@glam.a…
A personal experience of PDP and progress files
Case study on the introduction of personal development planning and progress files at the University of Glamorgan, taken from the Reflections on personal development planning in law paper delivered at the 2005 Socio-Legal Studies Association annual conference by Tracey Varnava a…
UKCLE nations mini site
education in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales can be accessed via the left-hand menu or the links below. Legal education in Northern Ireland Legal education in Scotland Legal education in Wales…
Richard Owen
Wales consultant Richard is Associate Head of the Law School at the University of Glamorgan, and has been working with UKCLE as Wales consultant since 2009. He is a member of the Law Society, the Society of Public Teachers of Law, and is an Eexternal Examiner. Email: rowen@g…
Papers presented at the Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008
(University of Brighton) The Government of Wales Act 2006: the challenges for legal education – Richard Owen (University of Glamorgan) “It’s Land Law, Captain, but not as we know it: using drama to enhance large group learning – Mark Davys and Jenny S…
The team
development Richard Owen, University of Glamorgan – Wales Abdul Paliwala, University of Warwick – e-learning William Twining, University College London – evaluation …
The structure of the civil and criminal courts
overall structure of the courts in England and Wales. Figure 1: the courts of civil jurisdiction Figure 2: the courts of criminal jurisdiction…
Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC)
review of legal education in England and Wales. Two consultation papers covering the academic (or initial) stage of legal education, and the vocational stage and continuing professional development were issued in 1994-95. Two further reports were issued by the Committee in 199…
Review of the Legal Practice Course
In 2001 the Law Society of England and Wales initiated a review of the framework for training solicitors, under a process known initially as the Training Framework Review. The new Legal Practice Course, to be available from September 2009 and mandatory from 2010, was finally ann…
FAQ on legal education
of qualifying as a lawyer in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and links to law schools both AllAboutLaw’s Pre-university section and LawCareers.net’s guide to first steps into law give full details of the qualification process and range of career ch…
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: (Dis)integration...designs on the law curriculum
setting up a law school, legal education in Wales, e-learning issues and student motivation Engagement – concept mapping as a tool for self assessment and the value of formative assessment Evolution – the changing nature of the law degree and the academic/vocatio…
Useful links for law teachers
mini-sites for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For links to law schools around the UK, see our Directory of legal education. associations | learning and teaching | legal profession | networks | journals and newsletters | search tools Assocations There are four k…
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SRHE Annual Research Conference
This year's conference will explore the theme 'Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?' Exploring meaning, identities and transformation in the academy. It will be held in Newport, Wales. …
Exploring the impact of the Government of Wales Act 2006 on legal education in the UK
The Government of Wales Act 2006 has significant implications for those involved in legal education both in Wales and across the UK. This seminar, jointly organised by UKCLE and the University of Glamorgan, provided an outline of the main provisions of the Act and explored the wa...…
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