School of Law

Caroline Strevens

Ms Caroline Strevens

Head of School

School of Law

Portsmouth Business School
Richmond Building
Portland Street
Portsmouth
PO1 3DE

caroline.strevens@port.ac.uk

Profile

Caroline Strevens - LL.B(Exeter University), Solicitor, FE Teachers Certificate

Qualifications

  • LLb Exeter University 1978
  • Solicitor 1981
  • FE Teachers Certificate, South Downs College 1993

After qualifying as a Solicitor in 1981, Caroline worked in private practice in the Portsmouth area for a number of years working mainly for small business in both contentious and non-contentious matters. She joined the Portsmouth Business School in 1992 as a part time member of staff at which time she continued to work part time in private practice. Caroline was appointed as a full time lecturer in 2000 and became Head of School in 2008.

Teaching and Research Interests

Caroline has taught Criminal Law for many years and has developed a keen interest in clinical legal education. As a result she has developed a number of units for the Law curriculum which allow students to learn from experience. These include working for the local Citizen’s Advice Bureau and Trading Standards. She also has an enthusiasm for blended learning and has been developing new methods of teachings legal concepts using information technology. These interests have led her to research into both the pedagogy of blended learning and also the benefits of learning from experience and the importance of reflection in the learning process.

Caroline as delivered a number of papers both within the University and externally (at the annual conference of the Association of Law Teachers, the CLEO conference and for the CAB nationally) on her research interests. She keeps up to date on developments in the legal profession through her membership pf the committee of the Hampshire Incorporated Law Society.

Publications

Experience

  • Assistant Solicitor, Blake Lapthorn 1981-1985
  • Assistant Solicitor, Partner, King & Franckeiss 1985-1989
  • Partner, Larcomes 1989-1991
  • Assistant Solicitor Biscoe 1998 - 1991
  • Assistant Solicitor Stokes 2000 - 2001

Legal Practice focus

  • Civil litigation
  • Employment law
  • landlord and tenant.

Research interests

  • Access to justice
  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Future of the legal profession