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Distinguished
Teaching Fellowship
Team Awards
2014-15
Law Clinic
Dr Gráinne McKeever, Dr Esther
McGuiness, Dr Eugene McNamee,
Kathy Sinclair, Ciarán White
and Emile Daly
Belfast/Jordanstown –
Monday 15 December, 11.00am
Ulster University Law Clinic staff forming
the core teaching team for the LLM Clinical
Legal Education (CLE), are being recognised
for developing a new, innovative model of
postgraduate legal education which is
unique in the UK and Ireland.
The programme trains postgraduate
students in the legal skills required to
provide advice and advocacy to members
of the public regarding social security and
employment law. Students undertake
placements with the University’s in-house,
public-facing Ulster University Law Clinic, as
well as placements with external partners.
The LLM CLE is a student-centred, skillsbased
course which aims to: help meet
user need for advice and representation
before social security and industrial/fair
employment tribunals; respond to student
demand for relevant knowledge-based but
skills-enhancing postgraduate courses;
and develop research and expertise aligned
postgraduate teaching opportunities for
Law School staff.
The programme and the Clinic have
transformed the student learning experience
from one where students receive legal
information to one where they are actively
engaged in the development and application
of new legal information, the generation of
new jurisprudence and the strategic
development of legal services.