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Dr Lyndsey Bengtsson

Associate Professor

School: Northumbria School of Law

Lyndsey is an Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University, with leadership experience including her previous role as LPC Programme Leader. She is a qualified non-practising Solicitor whose work centers on clinical legal education and employment law research. She supervises students in the Student Law Office, where they advise and represent members of the public on employment law matters, and in the Policy/Law Reform Clinic, where students conduct research aimed at influencing law reform and policy change. Lyndsey coordinates student placements through the Law in the Community module, partnering with Citizens Advice Newcastle and Gateshead to provide vital legal support to the community.

Lyndsey has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes, including the Employment Law module and modules on the M Law and LLB programmes. 

Her research specialises in workplace equality, with particular expertise in age discrimination, dementia in employment, and menopause discrimination. She is part of the management team for the ESRC-funded Working with Dementia Network, which seeks to enhance workplace policies and improve quality of life for those affected by dementia. 

Lyndsey serves as Managing Editor for the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education and sits on the editorial board for the Journal of Legal Research Methodology. She reviews for the International Journal of Law and Management and the the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She previously served as Trustee and Treasurer for the Clinical Legal Education Organisation.

Prior to academia, Lyndsey graduated from Northumbria University with a First Class Honours degree from the LLB (Hons) Exempting Course and subsequently obtained a Distinction in her LLM in Commercial Law. She trained at Samuel Phillips Law Firm in Newcastle, qualifying into their Employment Law Department in 2007. She then spent eight years as an Assistant Force Solicitor at Northumbria Police Legal Department, advising and representing the force on employment law matters. This extensive practice experience informs both her teaching and research, bringing real-world insights to her academic work.

Lyndsey Bengtsson

Lyndsey's research focuses on advancing equality in the workplace, with particular interest in ageism, dementia, and menopause. She was awarded her PhD in 2016 with her thesis entitled ‘Age Stereotyping in the Workplace: A Critical Analysis of the Employment Tribunals’ Approach’. She has published research which considers ageism against older workers in the workplace and the approach of the UK courts and tribunals. She has also published research into how the CJEU has approached age stereotyping and the influence the CJEU has had on the UK. Her work is multi-disciplinary and is open to collaboration with those working in other fields which consider equality. 

Lyndsey is also interested in all aspects of clinical legal education, including reflection and policy/law reform clinics. She publishes widely in this area and speaks at worldwide conferences to disseminate her research. 

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Advancing Clinical Legal Education and Facilitating Access to Justice through Policy Clinics, Bengtsson, L., McConnell, S., Dunn, R. 16 May 2025, Clinical Legal Education in Europe, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol University Press
  • Age discrimination in employment tribunal judgments: Unveiling trends, challenges and solutions amidst the covid-19 pandemic, Bengtsson, L. 1 Sep 2025, In: International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
  • A Season of Growth: Collaboration, Inclusion and Transformation in Clinical Legal Education, Bengtsson, L. 1 Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
  • Editorial, Bengtsson, L. 26 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
  • Living a Reproductive Life in the Workplace: Menopause Employment Tribunal claims, Bengtsson, L. 29 Mar 2024, SLSA Conference 2024
  • Policy Clinics Across the Globe: Development, Impact and Collaboration, McConnell, S., Dunn, R., Bengtsson, L. 5 Jun 2024, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
  • Shaping the Future: Professor Elaine Hall's Impact on Clinical Legal Education and Innovations in Teaching, Bengtsson, L. 13 Nov 2024, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
  • Streamlining out-of-court disposals:: Assessing the impact on reoffending and police practice, Rowe, M., Amankwaa, A., Biddle, P., Bengtsson, L. 1 Feb 2024, In: Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • The Benefits and Challenges of the Policy Clinic Model of Clinical Legal Education, McConnell, S., Bengtsson, L., Dunn, R. 27 Jun 2024, In: European Journal of Legal Education
  • Editorial, Bengtsson, L. 10 Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Oral presentation: Menopause, Discrimination, and Workplace Change: Lessons from Employment Tribunal Judgments and Future Directions. 2025
  • Oral presentation: Working With Dementia Network Plus 2025
  • Oral presentation: Challenging Stigma: Dementia, Ageism and Workplace Discrimination 2025
  • Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Law and Society Conference 2025 2025
  • Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Living a Reproductive Life in the Workplace 2024
  • Oral presentation: The Intersection between Work and Menopause 2024
  • Invited talk: Menopause Employment Tribunal Claims 2024
  • Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: 10th ENCLE/21st IJCLE Conference 2024
  • Oral presentation: Developing Clinical Legal Education: the Benefits and Challenges of the Policy Clinic Model of Clinical Legal Education 2024
  • Organising a conference, workshop, ...: IJCLE/ENCLE Conference 2024 2024

Solicitor Member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority 

Member of The Law Society 

Trustee for the Clinical Legal Education Organisation (CLEO)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the Legal Education and Professional Skills (LEAPS) Signature Interest Group 

Member of the Equality and Law Interest Group and the Empirical Research Interest Group 

 

  • Law PhD September 01 2016
  • LLM July 07 2005
  • Law LLB (Hons) July 08 2004
  • Senior Fellow of the HEA
  • HEA Fellow
  • Member Law Society 2017


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