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Lisa Down

Assistant Professor

School: Northumbria School of Law

I am a Senior Lecturer on the Bar Professional Training Course at Northumbria University. I have taught at Northumbria for almost twelve years and during which time I have taught on a number of modules.  My current  areas of teaching are Advocacy (both civil and criminal), Evidence and Opinion Writing.  I am also the module tutor for the Principles of Evidence and Procedure module on the BSc Computer Forensic course offered here at Northumbria.  

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  • Recognising the harms; the Sentencing Council's mitigating factor relating to pregnancy, child birth and the post natal period, Down, L. 1 May 2025, In: Family Law
  • Preventing the criminalisation of children who have been victims of group-based sexual exploitation involving grooming tactics-understanding child sexual exploitation as enslavement, Arthur, R., Down, L. 1 Oct 2019, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
  • Teaching & Learning PCAPL September 15 2005
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015

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