UKCLE events

This page lists past UKCLE events from 2000 to 2009 - for details of events held during the 2009-10 academic year see the UKCLE events programme page.

Where available, links are given to a report of the event and any accompanying resources.

2008-09

26-27 February 2009: The modern law school in a fast changing environment (CHULS residential)
23-24 January 2009: LILAC 2009: Concepts of culture in legal education
11 September 2008: Simulation learning (final seminar in our e-learning seminar series)

We also sponsored the following events:

8 July 2009: The use of empirical legal research in the undergraduate curriculum
27 May 2009: Lowering the drawbridges: legal and forensic science education for the 21st century
25 March 2009: Changing academic practice: implications for future legal academics
19 September 2008: The sustainable university: relating ecological thinking, learning and research

A series of five workshops on the legal issues surrounding Web 2.0 was organised on behalf of JISC Legal during September and October 2008, and a professional development seminar on ICT and legal education was held for University College London on 15 June 2009.

2007-08

3 July 2008 - Teaching and learning of Islamic law
23 June 2008 - Creativity in the law curriculum
9-10 June 2008 - SIMPLE project launch event
26 March 2008 - Mobile learning (E-learning seminar series 2007-08 seminar 3)
21-22 February 2008 - The law school and the changing higher education environment (CHULS residential)
31 January 2008 - E-assessment (E-learning seminar series 2007-08 seminar 2)
3-4 January 2008 - Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008 (LILAC 2008)
17 December 2007 - Exploring the impact of the Government of Wales Act 2006 on legal education in the UK
16 November 2007 - Creating an impact: enhancing teaching to large groups (organised jointly with BIALL)
1 November 2007 - Collaborative and distributive learning (E-learning seminar series 2007-08 seminar 1)
25 September 2007 - Toolkit for law teaching

Professional development seminars were organised for De Montfort (writing effective MCQs), University College London (ICT and legal education) and the University of Lincoln (creative assessment).

2006-07

4-5 January 2007 - Learning in Law Annual Conference 2007 (LILAC 2007)
1-2 December 2006 - Teaching and learning of Islamic law (1st International Islamic Law Curriculum Development Project Workshop)
15-16 November 2006 - Further challenges for the 21st century law school (CHULS residential)
29 September 2006 - Effective assessment strategies in law
20 September 2006 - Enhancing learning in law through Web-based technology
18 September 2006 - Toolkit for law teaching

2005-06

11 May 2006 - Enterprising law students: celebrating enterprise in law
21 March 2006 - Understanding teaching and learning (organised jointly with BIALL)
6 January 2006 - Vocational Teachers Forum V: Becoming a competent practitioner
5 January 2006 - LILI 2006: Using your imagination: illuminating legal education
15-16 November 2005 - Managing a law school in the 21st century (CHULS residential)
23 September 2005 - Welsh law schools teaching and learning roadshow

UKCLE also organised two events for JISC Legal during 2005-06.

2004-05

10 March 2005 - Legal literacy: improving undergraduate reading and writing in law (in association with the Society of Legal Scholars)
16 February 2005 - Teaching and learning for legal skills trainers (organised jointly with BIALL)
3 February 2005 - Teaching Law II: enhancing academic practice
8 January 2005 - Vocational Teachers Forum IV: Collaboration and partnership in professional legal education
7 January 2005 - LILI 2005: The experience of law: living, learning and earning?
22 September 2004 - Plagiarism and legal education

UKCLE also organised three events for JISC Legal during 2004-05.

2003-04

9 June 2004 - SENDA and legal education
20 May 2004 - From Northumbria to Bologna: alternative routes to qualification in law
17 March 2004 - Law, crime and the Internet
10 January 2004 - Vocational Teachers Forum III: Beyond boundaries
9 January 2004 - LILI 2004: Is legal education working?
2 December 2003 - Should I stay or should I go? Retention strategies for law
7 November 2003 - Supporting postgraduates who teach
24 October 2003 - Problem-based learning in legal education

UKCLE also organised three events for JISC Legal during 2003-04.

2002-03

6 June 2003 - External examiners in law: roles and duties (in conjunction with the Association of Law Teachers)
24 April 2003 - Developing reflection and autonomy in law
8 March 2003 - Global challenges for legal education and human rights teaching
2-7 March 2003 - Developing legal expertise: learning law from student to minister of justice (organised on behalf of the British Council)
10 January 2003 - LILI 2003: Complexity, creativity and the curriculum
25 November 2002 - Computer-aided assessment: objective questions
12 November 2002 - Access to law: responding to disability discrimination legislation
24 October 2002 - Learning outcomes and assessment

2001-02

1 July 2002 - Vocational Teachers Forum II: Assessment for learning and practice
8 May 2002 - Using group and team work to enhance law teaching
23 April 2002 - Using problem-based learning in law
19 April 2002 - E-legal collaborative learning workshop
16 April 2002 - Personal development planning in legal education
11 February 2002 - Assuring quality in legal education
11 January 2002 - LILI 2002: Response and responsibility
28 November 2001 - From little acorns to great oaks: learning to teach law
26 September 2001 - Vocational Teachers Forum 2001: Challenges to vocational legal education

2000-01

14 March 2001 - E-legal learning: on the Web
28 February 2001 - Assessment for learning
12 February 2001 - E-legal information: accessing legal information for teaching
4 January 2001 - LILI 2001: Value vs values in legal education
7 December 2000 - Kite marks and quality: meeting QAA requirements for learning and teaching in legal education
27 November 2000 - Teaching law to non-lawyers

last updated: 30 July 2009