Our Publications
Members of LEAPS serve on editorial boards of a number of legal education journals, maintain strong links with professional legal networks and contribute greatly to a wide range of legal education discourse. A selection of recent publications can be found here:
Tribe Mkwebu (2020) Research on Clinical Legal Education: Unpacking the Evidence. The Clinical Legal Education Handbook. Thomas, L. & Johnson, N. (eds.). Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Rachel Dunn (2020) Diamonds are a girl’s best friend… and a great data collection tool! International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 27(3), p. 33-76
Lyndsey Bengtsson, Rachel Dunn & Siobhan McConnell (2020) The Policy Clinic at Northumbria University: Influencing Policy/Law Reform as an Effective Educational Tool for Students. International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 27(2) p. 68-102
Victoria Roper, Rachel Dunn & Samantha Rasiah (2020) Revisiting “Pressing problems in the law: what is the law school for?” 20 years on. The Law Teacher, 54, 3, p. 455-464
Callum Thomson, Lyndsey Bengtsson & Tribe Mkwebu (2019) The Hall of Mirrors: a teaching team talking about talking about reflection. The Law Teacher, 53(4), p. 513-523
Kayliegh Richardson & Ana Speed (2019) Promoting Gender Justice within the Clinical Curriculum: evaluating student participation in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 26(1), p. 87-131
Victoria Roper, Rachel Dunn & Vinny Kennedy (2019) Clinical Legal Education as Solicitor Qualifying Work Experience, The Clinical Legal Education Handbook, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Elaine Hall, J Hodgson, C Strevens & J Guth (2019) "What we did over the summer": updates on proposed reforms to legal education and training in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ireland, Law Teacher, 53 (4), p. 536-546
Rachel Dunn & Richard Glancey (2019) Using legal policy and law reform as assessment, Critical Perspectives on the Scholarship of Assessment and Learning in Law: Volume 1: England. Bone, A. & Maharg, P. (eds.). Canberra: Australian National University Press, p. 139-163 (Assessment in Legal Education).
Elaine Hall (2019) Grasping the nettle of ‘doctorateness’ for practitioner academics: a framework for thinking critically about curriculum design. Studies in Continuing Education, 41, 2, p. 157-172
Hall, Elaine (2018) Glass Houses: how might we decide on a ‘good enough’ assessment to become a solicitor? The Law Teacher, 52(4) pp. 453-466
Dunn Rachel, Roper Victoria & Kennedy Vinny (2018) Clinical Legal Education as Qualifying Work Experience for Solicitors, The Law Teacher, 52(4) pp. 439-452.
Roper, Victoria (2018) Blogs as a Teaching Tool and Method of Public Legal Education: A Case Study, International Journal of Public Legal Education, 2(1) pp. 46-70.
McKeown, Paul & Hall, Elaine (2018) If we could instil social justice values through clinical legal education, should we?, Journal of International and Comparative Law, 5(1) pp. 143-180.
Roper, Victoria (2018) Round Up of the 2nd Commercial Law Clinics Round Table – 9th March 2018, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 25(2) pp. 248-262.
Sylvester, Cath & Hall, Elaine (2018) Clinic as the crucible for theorised practice and the practice of theory in legal education, Reimagining Clinical Legal Education, Bloomsbury Publishing.
Roper, Victoria, Campbell Elaine, Ben-David, Assaf, Greenbaum, Dov and Askin, Jonathan. Understanding the Scope of Business Law Clinics: Perspectives from the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States, Journal of International and Comparative Law, 5(1) pp. 217-257.
Roper, Victoria (2018) Blogs as a Teaching Tool
and Method of Public Legal Education: A Case Study, International Journal of
Public Legal Education, 2(1) pp. 46-70.
McKeown, Paul (2018) Can Social Justice Values be Taught Through Clinical Legal Education?, Social Justice and Legal Education, Cambridge Scholars, pp. 84-110.
Campbell, Elaine (2018) Taking Care of Business: Challenging the Traditional Conceptualization of Social Justice in Clinical Legal Education, Social Justice and Legal Education, Cambridge Scholars, pp. 168-84.
Hall, Elaine (2017) Notes on the SRA report of the consultation on the SQE: Comment is free, but facts are sacred, The Law Teacher, 51(3) pp. 364-372.
Dunn, Rachel (2017) A systematic review of the literature in Europe relating to clinical legal education, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 24(2) pp. 81-117.
Mkwebu, Tribe (2017) Unpacking Clinical Scholarship: Why Clinics Start and How They Last, Asian Journal of Legal Education, 4(1) pp. 33-46.
McKeown, Paul (2017) Pro bono: what's in it for law students? The students' perspective, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 24(2) pp. 43-80.
Campbell, Elaine & Boothby, Carol (2016) University law clinics as alternative business structures: more questions than answers?, The Law Teacher, 50(1) pp. 132-137.
Campbell, Elaine (2016) Recognizing the Social and Economic Value of Transactional Law Clinics: A View from the United Kingdom, Journal of Legal Education, 65(3) pp. 580-596.
Boothby, Carol (2016) ‘Pigs are not fattened by being weighed’ – so why assess clinic- and can we defend our methods?, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 23(1) pp. 137-155.
Campbell, Elaine (2016) Exploring Autoethnography as a Method and Methodology in Legal Education Research, Asian Journal of Legal Education, 3(1) pp. 95-105.
Murray, Victoria (2016) Developing Clinic, The Legal Academics Handbook, Palgrave Macmillan.
Sylvester, Cath (2016) Through a glass darkly: Assessment of a real client, compulsory clinic in an undergraduate law programme, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 23(1) pp. 32-47.
Ashford, Chris (2016) Response: The needs of the legal profession and the liberal law school: (Re)negotiating boundaries, Perspectives on Legal Education: Contemporary Responses to the Lord Upjohn Lectures, Taylor & Francis, pp. 177-187.
Dunn, Rachel (2016) The Taxonomy of Clinics: The Realities and Risks of All Forms of Clinical Legal Education, Asian Journal of Legal Education, 3(2) pp.174-187.
McKeown, Paul & Morse, Sarah (2016) Further Developing Street Law, The Legal Academic's Handbook, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 84-86.
Mkwebu, Tribe (2016) Unpacking Clinical Scholarship: Why Clinics Start and How They Last, Asian Journal of Legal Education, 4(1) pp.33-46.
Ashford, Chris, Duncan, Nigel & Guth, Jessica (2015) Perspectives on Legal Education: Contemporary Responses to the Lord Upjohn Lectures, Taylor & Francis.
Boothby Carol & Sylvester, Cath (2015): Getting the fish to see the water: an investigation into students’ perceptions of learning writing skills in academic modules and in a final year real client legal clinic module, The Law Teacher, 51(2) pp. 123-137.
Campbell, Elaine & Murray, Victoria (2015) Mind the Gap: Clinic and the Access to Justice Dilemma, International Journal of Legal and Social Studies, 2(3) pp. 94-106.
Campbell, Elaine (2015) Students as facilitators: an evaluation of student-led group work, Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 9(1) pp. 52-58.
Campbell, Elaine (2015) A dangerous method? Defending the rise of business law clinics in the UK, The Law Teacher, 49(2) pp.165-75.
Campbell, Elaine (2015) Transferring Power: a reflective exploration of authentic student-centred small group work in clinical legal education, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 22(2) pp.181-212
Gleason, Victoria & Campbell, Elaine (2015) Cultivating 21st century law graduates through creativity in the curriculum, Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 10(1) pp. 4-20.
McKeown, Paul (2015) Law student attitudes towards pro bono and voluntary work: The experience at Northumbria University, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 22 (1) pp. 6-46.
McKeown, Paul & Dunn Rachel (2015) The European Network of Clinical Legal Education: The Spring Workshop 2015, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 22(3) pp. 312-333.
McKeown, Paul & Morse,Sarah (2015) Litigants in person: is there a role for higher education?, The Law Teacher, 49(1) pp. 122-129.
Mkwebu, Tribe (2015) A Systematic Review of Literature on Clinical Legal Education: A Tool for Researchers in Responding to an Explosion of Clinical Scholarship, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 22(3) pp. 238-274.
Sandford-Couch, Clare & Bainbridge, Jonathan (2015) Educating towards ethical lawyers: a progress report, The Law Teacher, 49(3) pp. 336-352.
Sylvester, Cath (2015) Measuring competence in legal education: a view from the bridge, The Law Teacher, 49(2) pp. 1-15.
Sylvester, Cath (2015) More questions than answers? A review of the effectiveness of inquiry based learning in higher education, The Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 10(1) pp. 21-29.