Mrs Gayle McKemey
BA (Hons) English and Sociology Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice Common Professional Examination in Law
Senior Lecturer in Law
School of Law and Social Sciences
Role
I am a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Community legal Outreach Collaboration at Oxford Brookes Universty. I teach equality law, public law, criminal law and study skills.
Teaching and supervision
Courses
Modules taught
LAW6006 Equality Law
LAW4002 Legal Method
LAW3001 Study Skills
LAW3002 Principles of the Criminal Law and Reading Cases
LAW3004 Introduction to Constitutional Law & Essay Writing
Module Leader for LAW6006 Equality Law ; LAW3001 Study Skills; LAW3002 Principles of the Criminal Law and Reading Cases ; and LAW3004 Introduction to Constitutional Law & Essay Writing
I previously taught on LLB Public Law, Foundational Legal Skills and GDL Criminal Law.
Research
I come from a practice and teaching focussed background. This has informed my recent research into employability, disability, social justice issues and pedagogic benefits of experiential learning. I have presented at conferences on employability and student wellbeing in addition to student transitions to university.
Peer Review - Anne Dennett, Public Law Directions (1st edition OUP, 2019)
Submission to Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Legal Education
Peer Review - Anne Dennett, Public Law Directions (1st edition OUP, 2019)
Submission to Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Legal Education
Research impact
I introduced the Community Legal Outreach Collaboration (established at Keele University) to Oxford Brookes which combines training students to work with the local Oxford Combined Court to support litigants in person. This form of experiential learning offers employability benefits to students in addition to insights on social justice concerns.
I am the Oxford Brookes Research Lead for the National Community Legal Outreach Collaboration (CLOCK) network.
I am the Oxford Brookes Research Lead for the National Community Legal Outreach Collaboration (CLOCK) network.
Professional information
Memberships of professional bodies
Member of the Law Society
Member of Connecting Legal Education Network
The Association of Law Teachers
Society of Legal Scholars
AdvanceHE (AFHEA)
Member of Connecting Legal Education Network
The Association of Law Teachers
Society of Legal Scholars
AdvanceHE (AFHEA)
Conferences
Presented at the Brookes International Teaching and Learning Conference on Community Legal Outreach Collaboration – student, staff, local legal and charitable groups collaborating to redress social injustice caused by limited access to justice 2024
Co-presented at the Association of Law Teachers Conference, Swansea University on Employability and Wellbeing among Law Students 2024
Association of Law Teachers Conference at De Montfort University and co-presented a paper on Designing a Foundation Year for Law to increase widening participation 2019.
Co-presented on Transitions to University at the Brookes Learning & Teaching Conference 2019
Co-presented at the Association of Law Teachers Conference, Swansea University on Employability and Wellbeing among Law Students 2024
Association of Law Teachers Conference at De Montfort University and co-presented a paper on Designing a Foundation Year for Law to increase widening participation 2019.
Co-presented on Transitions to University at the Brookes Learning & Teaching Conference 2019
Further details
Winner Brookes People Awards 2022 Connectedness Team Award.
Nominated for best Academic Adviser 2020/2021
Organiser and participant on the Access to Justice fundraising walks for charities supporting vulnerable citizens.