Miss Liz Doherty

Job: Senior Lecturer

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: Leicester De Montfort Law School

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: 0116 207 8025

E: Liz.Doherty@DMU.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Liz joined DMU as a Senior Lecturer in 2020. In addition to her teaching interests, Liz is particularly passionate about improving the student experience, embedding employability, working in partnership with local communities, and outreach activities to widen participation in higher education. Liz is Programme Leader for all DMU LL.B programmes and is committed to preparing and supporting students to succeed in their studies. Liz's role as Programme Leader means she is ultimately responsible for academic leadership, management and assessment, for the LL.B.

Working closely with the relative module leaders, Programme Leaders are responsible for delivering the programme using appropriate teaching and learning and assessment methods, effecting any necessary modifications, and communicating information to students. They ensure the effective planning, management and review of the programme. Programme Leaders are also responsible for taking forward any new programme proposals, including the exciting move to ‘block’ teaching through Education 2030. 

Research interests/expertise

Domestic abuse, sexual offences, victimology, gender and law, feminist theory.

Areas of teaching

Child Protection, Contract, English and European Legal Systems, Gender and Law, Family Law.

Qualifications

LL.B (Hons), MSc Criminal Investigation (Child Sexual Exploitation), PGCertHE

Courses taught

LL.B, LPC, GDL.

Membership of professional associations and societies

Society of Legal Scholars 2018- Present

Projects

 Academic Innovation Project Lead - Embedding Coaching in Delivery

Consultancy work

Subject Matter Expert - Advance HE

Assisting in the development and design  of course materials on academic integrity and working in higher education. 

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