Lyndsey Bengtsson is an Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University. As Module Leader for Law in the Community, she coordinates partnerships with Citizens Advice Newcastle and Gateshead, enabling students to provide legal support to the community while developing practical skills. She also 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.
Teaching and Academic Leadership
Lyndsey has held various leadership roles, including LPC Programme Leader, and teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes, including Employment Law and modules on the M Law and LLB programmes. She is a widely recognised leader of educational innovation at Northumbria, preparing students for the realities of legal practice through clinical legal education.
Research
Lyndsey's research focuses on workplace equality, particularly age discrimination, dementia in employment, and menopause discrimination. She is part of the management team for the ESRC-funded Working with Dementia Network, a transdisciplinary collaboration examining employment rights, with the aim of informing workplace policies and supporting those affected by dementia.
Editorial and Professional Service
Lyndsey is the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Legal Research Methodology. She reviews for the International Journal of Law and Management and the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and previously served as Trustee and Treasurer for the Clinical Legal Education Organisation.
Professional Background
A qualified Solicitor (non practising), Lyndsey graduated from Northumbria University with First Class Honours in the LLB (Hons) Exempting Course and 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, and then spent eight years as an Assistant Force Solicitor at Northumbria Police Legal Department, advising on employment law matters. This practice experience informs her teaching and research.
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.
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- 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. 18 Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
- Menopause at work: Progress, challenges and the way forward, Bengtsson, L., Griffiths, E. 27 Nov 2025
- 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
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- Invited talk: Succeeding in Legal Education Research and Publication 2025
- 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
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
