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Dr Elaine Gregersen

Associate Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Elaine joined Northumbria University in 2011, having graduated from Hull University with a first class LLB (Hons) degree and worked in practice as a commercial & intellectual property solicitor. Within five years, she was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and won Law Teacher of the Year. 

She specialises in contemporary research methods, including experimental narrative research and autoethnography. She writes about clinical legal education, business law clinics, mental health & disability, and the prospects and perils of autoethnographic research. Her work has been published in the Law Teacher, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, Journal of International and Comparative Law, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, Journal of Legal Education, and Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 

Elaine serves on editorial boards and reviews for a diverse range of publications. She supervises PhD students on the Professional Doctorate in Law programme and has acted as an external examiner across law and education disciplines.

Elaine Gregersen

Campus Address

Room 111, City Campus East



  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Autoethnography and legal research: Possibilities and perils, Gregersen, E. 17 Sep 2024, Empirical Research Methods in Advancing Legal Knowledge Conference 2024
  • Telling stories about the law school: autoethnography and legal education, Gregersen, E. 3 Apr 2022, In: The Law Teacher
  • Reconstructing my identity: an autoethnographic exploration of depression and anxiety in academia, Campbell, E. 8 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography
  • Taking Care of Business: Challenging the Traditional Conceptualization of Social Justice in Clinical Legal Education, Campbell, E. Apr 2018, Social Justice and Legal Education, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Understanding the Scope of Business Law Clinics: Perspectives from the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States, Roper, V., Campbell, E., Ben-David, A., Greenbaum, D., Askin, J. 1 Jun 2018, In: Journal of International and Comparative Law
  • "Apparently Being a Self-Obsessed C**t Is Now Academically Lauded": Experiencing Twitter Trolling of Autoethnographers, Campbell, E. 26 Sep 2017, In: Forum: Qualitative Social Research
  • Should I Share My Journal Entry With You? A Critical Exploration of Relational Ethics in Autoethnography, Campbell, E. 19 Dec 2017, In: Departures in Critical Qualitative Research
  • Exploring Autoethnography as a Method and Methodology in Legal Education Research, Campbell, E. Jan 2016, In: Asian Journal of Legal Education
  • Recognizing the Social and Economic Value of Transactional Law Clinics: A View from the United Kingdom, Campbell, E. 3 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Legal Education

  • Lucinda Bromfield Start Date: 31/01/2025
  • Lucinda Shaw The Impact of Rapport in Legal Negotiation. Start Date: 19/01/2024

  • Law LLB (Hons) September 01 2002
  • National Teaching Fellow (NTF) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
  • Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014


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