Mrs Gayle McKemey

Gayle McKemey is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Community Legal Outreach Collaboration at Oxford Brookes University. She teaches Equality Law, Legal Method, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Study Skills. Gayle developed 3 modules for the Foundation Year Diploma in Law and devised innovative assessments for the Study Skills module to increase student engagement with reading legal texts for purpose.

Gayle was a practising solicitor for a number of years before entering academia. Gayle joined the School of Law in 2016. Prior to teaching at Oxford Brookes University, Gayle taught on the Certificate In HE in Law course at Ruskin College, Oxford where she gained a deepening knowledge and appreciation of the barriers facing many students from diverse backgrounds. Consequently, Gayle became the Widening Participation (WP) Faculty Coordinator between 2019-2022 and developed subject taster sessions for the Brookes Engage 2020 summer school programme for Law for WP students.

In addition to modules listed, Gayle runs and teaches on the week intensive training course for new student volunteers for the Community Legal Outreach Collaboration. This enables students to translate theoretical approaches to law into practice. Gayle covers key areas such as confidentiality, data protection, professional ethics and court procedure. Furthermore, Gayle raises awareness of professional identity, wellbeing and health and safety with new volunteers and together with the CLOCK Teaching Team provides training on client interviewing skills required for assisting litigants in person at court.