School of Law

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Charlotte Harrison LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), FHEA

Originally from Portsmouth, Charlotte gained her LL.B. in Law at the University of Southampton before moving to the College of Law, Guildford, to complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC). Having previously practised as a solicitor, Charlotte joined the Portsmouth Business School in 2007 and was appointed as the Director of Quality and Curriculum for the School of Law in 2011.

Career

Charlotte trained in the City with Berwin Leighton Paisner and was seconded to Tesco's in-house legal department for three months. Charlotte subsequently worked as a Solicitor at Shoosmiths (Southampton) and Clarke Willmott (Southampton) where she advised on data protection issues and a wide range of commercial contracts including general trading terms, Internet trading arrangements, distribution and agency agreements, outsourcing agreements and supply contracts.
Following voluntary involvement with LL.B. students as a mentor and guest speaker, Charlotte decided to take up a full time teaching post in the Portsmouth Business School in August 2007.

Teaching

Charlotte teaches Contract Law and Legal System to level one undergraduate law students and she is also the unit co-ordinator for Career & Research Management (a second year core unit) and ILEX Level 6 (an optional subject for third year undergraduate and postgraduate law students). Charlotte also teaches and co-ordinates the Legal Approach to Business unit which is a course for students with a non-legal background who are studying LLM International Business Law, LLM Law, and LLM Corporate Governance and Law/Grad ICSA

Publications

Memberships

Charlotte is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.

Other

Given her background as a practising solicitor, and in light of recent regulatory changes and an increasingly competitive graduate recruitment, Charlotte is interested in issues affecting the future of the legal profession and the role that mentoring and effective careers support can play in promoting the employability of graduates. She is also keen to explore new ways in which employability skills can be embedded creatively and meaningfully into the curriculum. Her career as a solicitor in private practice enables her to bring a wealth of illustration to the classroom to help students appreciate how the law works in practice and to encourage them to develop a strong sense of commercial awareness.