UKCLE e-newsletter February 2010

The e-newsletter contains a quick roundup of the latest news, events and resources of interest to law teachers. Send any items for inclusion to UKCLE on: ukcle@warwick.ac.uk.

News

For the latest news, see our legal education news page.

• Rebecca Huxley-Binns names Law Teacher of the Year
• Call for contributions: special issue of The Law Teacher on assessment
• Submit an entry for the Higher Education Student Volunteering Awards
• UCAS seeking subject specialists to help review qualifications
• Share your views on open educational resources

Events and calls for papers

For an up to date listing of forthcoming events see our events diary.

UKCLE events programme:

• 29 March 2010: Environmental justice in legal education
• Open educational resources in simulation learning (Simshare project) - three workshops in Cardiff, York and Edinburgh

Other events:

• 25 February 2010: Public trust in the professions: ethics, trust and integrity
• 2 March 2010: Enhancing the postgraduate research experience: exploring intellectual climate
• 29-30 March 2010: BILETA 2010: Globalisation, Internet and the law
• 29-31 March 2010: Association of Law Teachers 45th Annual Conference: Legal education: making a difference
• 30 March-1 April 2010: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2010

Calls for papers:

• 11 May 2010: Law and Religion Scholars Network conference - deadline: 1 March 2010
• 2-3 September 2010: COBRA 2010 (RICS conference, includes a legal education stream) - deadline: 2 April 2010

For a list of open calls for papers see our CFPs listing.

Resources

For the latest from the UKCLE website see our latest additions and last updated pages.

• Back to the (academic) future - UKCLE's 10th anniversary film capturing opinions on the past, present and future of legal education
• Resources from LILAC10:
  • View the keynote address on the student perspective on the challenges ahead
  • Contribute to the debate on Visions of legal education
  • Read papers and session reports and leave a comment

Last chance to comment - LILACnet, the conference wiki and social network, will be closed at the end of March and all the content archived on the UKCLE site.

• Developing and embedding inclusive policy and practice in higher education - Higher Education Academy report
• Beyond the peer observation of teaching - report from the Staff and Educational Development Association