NEW BLOGPOST Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious? thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...

Lawyer v AI [2025] PT (Fam) – Some thoughts for litigants in person on the risks of using AI in your Family Court case pinktape.co.uk/rants/lawyer...

Do you have an interest in law reform? Enter our competition with a 3,000 word essay making your case and you could win up to £4,000: www.barcouncil.org.uk/becoming-a-b...

50% off the book this week! 50% discount off all printed law books purchased through the @elgarpublishing.bsky.social website edwardelgarpublishing.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tkqnjl... Use the code SLS50 at checkout.

For legal educators - my edited collection "How to Include Employability in the Law School" is now out in paperback. Affordable & full of practical & adoptable employability ideas from experienced legal educators: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/how... @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

I really enjoyed Amol Rajan's interview with Lady Hale www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - in particular her suggestions for a single application and proceedings in private family law proceedings. 1/2

A pleasure to record this podcast for the ConnectEd Voices of Belonging podcast series. @gemstanden.bsky.social was a lovely interviewer and I was able to share the joys of working in partnership with students @unirdg-law.bsky.social with some ideas for quick-wins. open.spotify.com/episode/4c9H...

Thank you so much for sharing, Kelly. It was a pleasure to speak with Gem and I hope that the podcast helps academics and inspires others to help and support students in different ways.

Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5 Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd #AutRes

Having a really good morning online at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Student Belonging Conference. It was a pleasure to share our student-staff partnership project to create a Hidden Curriculum Glossary. sites.reading.ac.uk/t-and-l-exch... doi.org/10.25416/NTR...

Thanks to Gift Sotonye-Frank for her review of my edited collection, "How to Include Employability in the Law School".

@theltjournal.bsky.social publications from this March: Sotonye-Frank reviews 'How to Include Employability in the Law School': doi.org/10.1080/0306... Hum et al discuss 'Law students’ perspectives on a single session compassion training seminar': doi.org/10.1080/0306...

A few weeks ago I travelled up to the beautiful University of Leeds where I'd been invited to present to their Partnerships in Assessment & Feedback Network about my work with student partners. Their student advisory board have written a blog sharing their reflections: medium.com/leeds-educat...

This really is an excellent series. I binged it while stuck on a train for far too long. Will be a strong "recommend" for my students. Many congratulations @joannahs.bsky.social.

@lawprofamanda.bsky.social !! When students come in and say "I'm fine" - I'd gesture and say: fine, like this?

BBC News - Family court pilot to support abuse victims expanded www.bbc.com/news/article...

A fantastic entry to the roster containing HO v TL about hotels, GA v EL and DR v UG about pharma. I warmly congratulate those responsible.

Oh this is looking good, Verona @veronanid.bsky.social - a bright shiny new legal education space for the new year. I will be sharing with colleagues.

Fantastic example for next year's Family Law module. Thanks @pollyemorgan.bsky.social for locating the Australian law report (hurrah for AustLII @austlii.edu.au).

You might like this @scholastic-rat.bsky.social

Trust is key for learning. In an interview study which we combined with 449 free-text responses to a survey, we found that "Engineering students trust teachers who ask, listen, and respond". Read more in Glessmer, Persson, Forsyth @rmforsyth.bsky.social (2024): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great advice for students writing essays as well - tell the reader where you are going (briefly), why and how!

ADVENT CALENDAR -DAY 10 YOUR LAY CLIENT IS THE REASON FOR THE JOURNEY, NOT SOME HITCHHIKER THAT YOU HAVE DEIGNED TO GIVE A LIFT. Keep your client front and centre in all you do. Don’t just hear them, LISTEN. Talk TO them, not AT them. Give them time & courtesy. Be patient.

Thanks to @lucyelm.bsky.social for sharing these study tips. I've passed on to our Disability Advisory Service and for wider sharing with our students. What a helpful resource.

Domestic Abuse Protection Notices (DAPNs) and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs) Find out how DAPNs and DAPOs can help protect you if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse. www.gov.uk/guidance/dom... #DomesticAbuse

Such a powerful & important set of films! I was delighted to be involved with the work of the Centre for Applied Autism Research at the University of Bath, @katiemaras.bsky.social, Ralph Bagnall & @lauramaycrane.bsky.social and the making of the film "A Witness" which we can't wait to share.

For anyone interested in legal education, @connectinglegaled.bsky.social is a wonderful community of practice - free, open, active, useful and friendly. Follow us on Bluesky and message us to be added to our Teams space for access to our regular legal education sessions.

As it's 5th November, it's time for my annual reminder that you can read the actual Gunpowder Plot trial, verdicts, pleas in mitigation: www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/gu...

On assisted dying, very important points made here by the former President of the Family Division about the proposal to require a court order: Parliament needs to say what the judge has to decide and what the procedure is. transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dyi...

"Divorce applications wrongly approved after computer error, high court hears" Online system incorrectly approved 79 divorces after submissions were sent a day before law allows www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct.... #FamilyLaw #Onlinedivorce

It's a really remarkable achievement that an essential piece of technical literacy has become: "You MUST ignore the first two inches of the Google result."

If you’re writing about something complicated, use the simplest words possible. You want your audience to spend their precious attention on understanding the concept, not parsing complex sentences. (13/14)

Dear legal bluesky - can we get a whatever you call a retweet please? trying to help people to find us in this place and could do with your assistance! TYIA

Yesterday I picked up the Standard at the tube station and yet again found an absolute horror story about the Single Justice Procedure, reported by Tristan Kirk, who has started this petition, which I've signed. www.change.org/p/fix-the-si... Please help support it.

Ahead of the new academic year kicking off, I am reminded of this guide I wrote on Time and Workload Management for academics - if you have any tips to add, let me know! #AcademicSky #EduSky sway.cloud.microsoft/zArWspCJaLFv...

Professor Amanda Millmore presented at this event organised by the University of Queensland, speaking about building a culture of partnership with students, how students can effect change at different levels, and the personal impact upon student partners.

So lovely to present at the Global Students as Partners Roundtable - with colleagues from all around the world, about a student-staff partnership project focused on blended learning in the pandemic, and how it has raised student voices and supports our culture of partnership @unirdg-law.bsky.social

thefru.org.uk/vacancies We're hiring Assistant Legal Officers to support volunteers and appear in the tribunals. Ideal for those looking for a pupillage or training contract. Please read the application guidance carefully. Salary: £28,500 per year. Closing date: 9am Monday 9 September.

Working in a UK law school? Please consider completing this survey, led by my colleagues Emily Walsh & Daniel Bedford, and supported by the Association of Law Teachers and the Socio-Legal Studies Association, which will provide valuable data in the extent, types and methods of socio-legal education.

The Bar Council has published research showing Government saves three times what it spends on early legal advice #FamilyLaw www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/gov...

Starter Packs Two volumes of Lawyers: go.bsky.app/5F86oZU go.bsky.app/2koviSz One volume of the Law curious: go.bsky.app/JFF2o1j Even if I've said you're in, check lease and let me know if I've messed up. If you are sharing on Twitter, it is best to use the QR code instead.

My book "How to Include Employability in the Law School" was published yesterday by (@ElgarPublishing/@Elgar_Law) - filled with fantastic contributions from legal academics across the sector. e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/how... #employability #law #legaleducation

My computer was playing up - glitching and all sorts. Restarted it, made no difference. Then I discovered that the plate for my lunch was resting on the spacebar! Starting back at work in 2024 in style!😱

Start the New Year with a boost to your library. We have a copy of this great book to give away. To be in with a chance to win, simply RT/repost this. We will pick a winner on 2 January. Good luck!

Looking forward to presenting at the "Authentic Assessment in Law Symposium" today, about the mock case in my favourite child protection module 'Children, Families & the State', a final year elective module for Law students at the University of Reading. Some really interesting discussions so far.

SUBSTACK What is often left unsaid in complaints about pesky human rights law and pesky human rights lawyers Those criticising human rights law and lawyers often shy away from spelling out the substance of a particular right By me emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-of...

You perhaps don't need to be a lawyer to find this judgment interesting. German HE bomb dropped in a field in 1942. University halls built on field in 2012. Army detonates bomb in 2021. Insurers rely on war damage exclusion. What caused the damage? bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

‘By next year, the real-terms value of spending per student will have fallen back to the levels of 2011, when tuition fees were just £3,375 a year and the government contributed much more in teaching grants.’ New IFS research www.theguardian.com/education/20...