Well-being, legal education and the legal profession research
Explore our work in this field, which is 1 of 3 areas of expertise in our Law research
Our legal education research investigates new ways of engaging students in the learning journey, including the use of LegalTech, in order to promote student success. It also contributes to the wider literature on sustainable graduate employability, including the development of self-confidence using the Brand Me concept.
We are researching the implications for the local community and our students of our new interdisciplinary collaboration that builds upon our free legal advice clinic. In this new venture we place Nursing and Law students together in the same learning space to construct in partnership a new curriculum to meet the needs of the future professional.
At a time when there are growing pressures on students and academics, there is a need to understanding how to cope with stress. Our research on perceptions of well-being helps to expose the problem, critically addresses social and economic contexts and argues for change. This research extends to the management of stress within the legal profession, including gender issues, and seeks to positively influence the links between well-being and ethics.
Our work is frequently published in leading academic journals within the field, such as The Law Teacher, the International Journal for Clinical Legal Education, and the Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education.
Our research looks at the following topics
- Well-being among law students and academics
- The future of the legal profession
- Clinical legal education
- Legal Education
Funders
Recent research has been funded by organisations such the Legal Education Research Network and the Society of Legal Scholars.
Recent publications include:
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Perceptions of psychological well-being in UK law academics: The Law Teacher
52:3, 335-349, DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2018.1468004, J. Clare Wilson, Caroline Strevens
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Sustainable graduate employability: an evaluation of ‘brand me’ presentations as a method for developing self-confidence
Studies in Higher Education (2019), DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1602757, Alex Tymon, Charlotte Harrison, Sasa Batistic
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Rethinking teaching oral communication skills to undergraduate law students using Cicero and activity theory
Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education (2018), Charles Barker
Discover our areas of expertise
Well-being, legal education and the legal profession is 1 of 3 areas of expertise within our Law research area. Explore the others below.
Accountability risk and rights
Research in this area covers a broad range of topics within Portsmouth Law School and the Law Research Group, from employment protection to data protection and the regulation and governance of companies, to the law as it affects family members throughout their lives.
International and European Law
We're investigating transnational laws and examining comparatively foreign national law to better understand them. Explore our international and European law research.
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