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Dona Mclachlan

Does an Open University degree really compete in the employment market?

Open Justice student and regular blog contributor Dona Mclachlan writes about the value of studying with the Open University and positive employer perceptions.

13th January 2021
Christmas wreath

Jingle, Bell, Jingle & Bell LLP

Dear Mr Claus,

I write to set out my advice regarding a number of matters on which you have consulted our firm.

1. Elf employment dispute

24th December 2020
Sybil playing with tree

Twelve Days of Social Justice.....

Francine Ryan, Director of the Open Justice Centre and Senior Lecturer in Law leads us all in a rousing festive sing-a-long. 

The festive season is upon us, so I thought I would bring you an alternative Twelve Days of Christmas designed for the social justice warrior in all of us. Don’t forget to sing….

23rd December 2020
Liz Hardie, Law Teaching Director

50 Years of Clinical Legal Education: Looking Back to the Future

Liz Hardie, Teaching Director at the Open University Law School writes about anniversaries and the Open Justice team chapter that was published last week in ‘Law in Motion: 50 Years of Legal Change’

At the start of this advent blog, here is a quick quiz to find out how much you know about Christmas. 

22nd December 2020
A Surprise for Christmas by Martin Edwards

Christmas? It’s a Mystery

Simon Lee, Professor of Law at the Open University writes about his interest in Christmas crime novels and recommends trying your hand at one....

21st December 2020
Helena Normanton (Women's Library at LSE)

A very special legal Christmas Eve

Dr Caroline Derry, Senior Lecturer in the Open University Law School writes about 24 December 1919, a special day for women and the law.

20th December 2020
Dona Mclachlan

"My name is Dona Mclachlan and I'm addicted to cold water swimming..."

Open Justice student Dona Mclachlan lets us in on her well-being secret.

I am an addict, you could be too.

19th December 2020
Jill St George

A Caribbean Christmas

Jill St George gained her LLB, LLM and PgDip BVC before embarking on an academic career at the University of Aberystwyth in 2009. Having lived in Bahrain and Barbados from 2011, Jill returned to England and started a PhD at the University of Sussex, which is currently in the “writing up” stage. Jill has recently joined the OU Law School as a lecturer.

With an admittedly fairly tenuous link, I introduce you to my research area within the theme of Christmas!

18th December 2020
1946 wedding couple

Christmas (and other) couplings

Dr Stephanie Pywell, Senior Law Lecturer at the Open University writes about her research into weddings and related ceremonies.

17th December 2020
2011 The six Expedition 30 crew members assemble in the U.S. Lab (Destiny)

Cosmopolitan Space Law: To Legality and Beyond

Dr Marjan Ajevski writes about his interest in Space Law and its developments in this blog post.

16th December 2020

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