Reimagining the teaching of employment law

Join the Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER) for a one-day, in-person workshop.

How should we teach employment law in a period of radical legal change?

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is reshaping the landscape of employment law—and with it, how we teach the subject.

This event brings together legal academics and employment law practitioners to explore the challenges and opportunities in contemporary employment law education. The workshop will provide a collaborative forum to share best practice, reflect on pedagogical innovation, and consider the future direction of the discipline.

Speakers and sessions include

• Mugni Islam-Choudhury, Barrister and Head of Employment at No5 Barristers’ Chambers - Preparing Students for Careers in Employment Law: Insights from the Employment Bar
• Edward Jones, Director of Recruitment (Student Admissions) and Associate Professor at University of Leicester - Reimagining client and case-study based learning - An interactive session about scaling up experiential learning in employment law
• Dr Francesca Lee and Jonathan Finn, Lecturers in Law at Aston University - Reimagining Employment Law Pedagogy: Digital and Interactive Approaches
• Dr Serena Natile, Associate Professor at University of Warwick - Teaching labour law as prefigurative practice: Lessons from students’ collaborative policy writing
• Hannah Swindle, Employment Partner at Gowling WLG - Artificial Intelligence at Work: Implications for Employment Law in Practice
• Jennifer Wright, Academic Developer - Research Lead at the University of Law - Employment law as political practice?

Who should attend

• Legal educators and academics
• Employment law practitioners
• Law students and researchers
• Legal technologists and innovators

This workshop will be of particular interest to those seeking to align legal education with practice, policy, and technological change.

Cost

This workshop is free to attend. Please register using the button above to secure your place.