People
CEPLER represents a substantial investment by the University. This recognises the importance of ensuring that students graduate with the skills that will make them employable in a competitive job market, and of ensuring that BLS becomes a centre of excellence for research on, and in relation to, the legal profession and legal processes.

Senior Lecturer in Law (Employability and Legal Careers)
Senior Tutor and Head of Student Support & Development
Birmingham Law School
Emily’s research interests are in Land Law, the Legal Profession, and in Legal Education.
- Telephone
- 0121 414 7025
- Email
- e.j.carroll@bham.ac.uk

Birmingham Fellow (Learning and Teaching)
Birmingham Law School
Emma joined Birmingham Law School in December 2014 as a Birmingham Fellow. She is a qualified solicitor, having spent nearly ten years working as a corporate lawyer in firms in London and Birmingham. In 2008, Emma left private practice to take up a law lectureship and was made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority in 2014.
Her research interests lie around legal education and ...
- Telephone
- 0121 414 3903
- Email
- e.e.flint@bham.ac.uk

Professor
CEPLER Director
Birmingham Law School
Professor Robert Lee is the Director of the Centre for Legal Education and Research at the University of Birmingham. He has acted as specialist adviser to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the House of Commons and the National Assembly for Wales and has worked for the Department for the Environment in Northern Ireland (drafting environmental legislation), the ...
- Telephone
- 0121 414 5864
- Email
- r.g.lee@bham.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer
Postgraduate Research Admissions Tutor
eLearning development
Birmingham Law School
Julian researches and advises on the law relating to legal education, lawyers and other professionals; and cross-border practice and the rules affecting such practice. Julian is the UK representative on the Training Committee of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) (since 2001), which he chaired from 2003-2010. He is a member of the External Relation Council of the ...
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- +44 (0)121 414 6310
- Email
- j.l.lonbay@bham.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer
Director of Careers and Employability
Birmingham Law School
Paul worked as a solicitor before moving into legal education. He was LPC Programme Lead at the University of Law for several years and joined Birmingham Law School in 2018. Paul is the Law School’s Director of Careers and has a particular interest in supporting students in developing their employability and professional skills.
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 414 2606
- Email
- p.j.mcconnell@bham.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer
Solicitor and CEPLER Manager
Birmingham Law School
Linden joined Birmingham Law School in September 2013. As supervising solicitor she is responsible for coordinating the School's pro bono programme, which includes the Birmingham Free Legal Advice Group, the SIFA Fireside Clinic, the Birmingham Environmental Law Foundation Clinic and many other projects.
In April 2014 Linden also took on the role of Manager of the Centre for ...
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 5780
- Email
- l.thomas@bham.ac.uk