Led by Campus Dean Zoe King, our lecturers are dedicated to bringing their real-life experience in practice into the classroom, providing our students with genuine insight into the subject matter. Each of our students are assigned an academic coach and have regular one-to-one meetings where they can get advice on the course and career aspirations. As lecturers are based in our campuses they operate an ‘open door’ policy, so students can talk to them whenever they need to.
Zoe has a BA (Hons) from the University of Cambridge and studied at Nottingham Law School. She practised as a Solicitor and Associate at Burges Salmon before joining The University of Law as a lecturer in 2011. She has taught Business Law, Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contract Law and Transactions on the LPC, GDL and LLB. She was previously the Programme and Student Lead for the GDL and LLB and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Zoe became the Dean in 2017.
Hannah was an Associate in the Commercial Team at TLT in Bristol before joining the University in 2010. Hannah has worked for clients with household names on general commercial matters and regularly advised on franchising, intellectual property and data protection. At the University, Hannah is Programme and Student Lead for the LPC and teaches Introduction to Professional Practice, Law and Business, Commercial and Intellectual Property on the LPC.
After studying Law with French Law at UCL, and training as commercial litigation solicitor in London, Emma now teaches Tort and Ethics (including Legal Method) on the GDL; Dispute Resolution, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Interviewing and Advocacy on the LPC/LLM LPC, and Tort and Actions on the LLB. Emma delivers several Professional Skills Courses to trainee solicitors, including ADR & Mediation, civil drafting and client care.
Alex has worked as a commercial property solicitor for Osborne Clarke, BLP and Clyde & Co. She was also the in-house property solicitor for the University of Bristol. She taught at the University of Bristol for a year before joining The University of Law when it opened in Bristol in 2010. Her main teaching subjects are Land Law, Equity and Actions on the LLB, Land Law and Equity on the GDL, and Real Estate on the LPC. She is the local liaison officer for the central Disability Support and Inclusion Service.
Dessy has a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration from Huron University and MSc in Data Analytics and Marketing from Arden University. She has worked in education for over 25 year first as an entrepreneur and then as a managing director of a charity. Dessy transitioned to Higher Education management when she became a managing director of London School of Business and Finance Executive Education in 2014 and subsequently also took on the role of an interim CEO of the London Academy of Trading. Dessy is currently undertaking a PhD study with the University of Worcester Business School researching the topic of applications of artificial intelligence in the field of Marketing.
Rachael studied Law with German Law at King's College London, trained and worked as a Commercial Litigator at Linklaters, London, then at a trade union law firm in Cardiff and a boutique employment law firm in the South West. Before joining The University of Law in 2011, she was Head of Knowledge & Development at Osborne Clarke, with responsibility for the firm's knowledge and training programmes. She now teaches Civil Dispute Resolution (including advocacy), Employment Law, Business Law, Public Companies Law, EU Law and Competition Law.
Sara is a senior Lecturer at ULaw, and teaches on the LLB, GDL and LPC courses. Before teaching, Sara was an Employment Lawyer and worked in the Employment teams of several Bristol law firms. Her main teaching subjects are Business Law, Employment Law and Public Law.
Aled has a BA (Joint Hons) degree in History /Welsh from the University of Wales and later trained as a solicitor at Cardiff University. After several years in practice, he moved into legal education as a law lecturer at Aberystwyth University. Aled joined the University of Law as a Lecturer in 2017. He teaches Business Law, Criminal Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property law and Advance Criminal Law on the Legal Practice Course; Criminal Law and Criminal Evidence Law on the LLB.