Law Teacher of the Year 2008

Congratulations to Dr Fernando Barrio and Professor Alastair Hudson, joint winners of Law Teacher of the Year 2008!

The shock announcement that there were not one, but TWO winners of this year's Award came during the Learning in Law Annual Conference held at UKCLE earlier this month. Both Fernando and Alastair were absolutely delighted to receive the Award, and both are deserving winners of the accolade.

Congratulations once again to all of this year's finalists. Check back here for more reaction to the announcement and a full write-up of the event, coming soon!

Below are the finalists for the 2008 competition in full:

Dr Fernando Barrio - London Metropolitan University

Dr Sarah Beresford - Lancaster University

Professor Alastair Hudson - Queen Mary, University of London

Mr Neil Stanley - University of Leeds

Mr John Tribe - Kingston University

Dr Fernando Barrio
Dr Fernando Barrio is senior lecturer in business law at London Metropolitan University, teaching subjects including business law; computers and the law; intellectual property; and international law.

Fernando was nominated for the Award by both a colleague and a student. His nomination reflected on his innovative use of information technologies as a useful interactive tool for law teaching, and as a vehicle to "expand the horizons of law to those students wanting to go beyond the established curriculum."

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Dr Sarah Beresford
Dr Sarah Beresford is lecturer in law at Lancaster University, teaching subjects including gender and law; religion and law; sexuality and law; family law and society; and English legal systems and methods.

Sarah was nominated for the Award by two of her colleagues. Her nomination paid tribute to her overall ethos in "constantly developing forms and styles of teaching that ensures student learning and increasing student confidence."

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Professor Alastair Hudson
Professor Alastair Hudson is professor of law at Queen Mary University of London. His subjects taught include trusts law; advanced equity and trusts; and law on investment entities, along with property law modules at undergraduate level.

Alastair was nominated for the Award by both a colleague and a student. His nomination reflected on the use of his own publications in his teaching, stating their vital contribution to the creation of "variety in how to apply legal concepts to the world-at-large."

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Mr Neil Stanley
Neil Stanley is lecturer in law at the University of Leeds. He has been employed by the law department since 1993 and now specialises in teaching the subjects of environmental law; civil law; and torts.

Neil was nominated for the Award by two students. His nomination reflected on Neil's ability to place the law in context and highlight its relevance in the outside world, namely through the use of "thought-provoking and often detailed hypothetical scenarios aimed at drawing out relevant legal and extra-legal issues."

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Mr John Tribe
John Tribe is senior lecturer in law at Kingston University, and was a visiting lecturer in company law at Beijing Normal University, PRC in November 2004 and in April 2006. His subjects taught include company law at LLB and LLM level and insolvency law on the LLB.

John was nominated for the Award by two colleagues. His nomination reflected that "his enthusiasm, dynamism and topicality is an inspiration to students (and also to his colleagues)," adding that John has provided "an outstanding example of research driven teaching, something that is comparatively rare in the New University sector."

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