Dr Elaine Gregersen

Associate Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Elaine joined Northumbria University in 2011, having graduated from Hull University with a first class LLB (Hons) degree and worked in practice as a commercial & intellectual property solicitor. Within five years, she was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and won Law Teacher of the Year.

She specialises in contemporary research methods, including experimental narrative research and autoethnography. She writes about clinical legal education, business law clinics, mental health & disability, and the prospects and perils of autoethnographic research. Her work has been published in the Law Teacher, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, Journal of International and Comparative Law, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, Journal of Legal Education, and Journal of Organizational Ethnography.

Elaine serves on editorial boards and reviews for a diverse range of publications. She supervises PhD students on the Professional Doctorate in Law programme and has acted as an external examiner across law and education disciplines.

Campus Address

Room 111, City Campus East

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Key Publications

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Autoethnography and legal research: Possibilities and perils, Gregersen, E. 17 Sep 2024, Empirical Research Methods in Advancing Legal Knowledge Conference 2024
Telling stories about the law school: autoethnography and legal education, Gregersen, E. 3 Apr 2022, In: The Law Teacher
The lived experience of a university law clinic supervisor: an autoethnographic inquiry, Gregersen, E. 19 Mar 2019
Reconstructing my identity: an autoethnographic exploration of depression and anxiety in academia, Campbell, E. 8 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography
Taking Care of Business: Challenging the Traditional Conceptualization of Social Justice in Clinical Legal Education, Campbell, E. Apr 2018, Social Justice and Legal Education, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars
Understanding the Scope of Business Law Clinics: Perspectives from the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States, Roper, V., Campbell, E., Ben-David, A., Greenbaum, D., Askin, J. 1 Jun 2018, In: Journal of International and Comparative Law
"Apparently Being a Self-Obsessed C**t Is Now Academically Lauded": Experiencing Twitter Trolling of Autoethnographers, Campbell, E. 26 Sep 2017, In: Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Should I Share My Journal Entry With You? A Critical Exploration of Relational Ethics in Autoethnography, Campbell, E. 19 Dec 2017, In: Departures in Critical Qualitative Research
Exploring Autoethnography as a Method and Methodology in Legal Education Research, Campbell, E. Jan 2016, In: Asian Journal of Legal Education
Recognizing the Social and Economic Value of Transactional Law Clinics: A View from the United Kingdom, Campbell, E. 3 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Legal Education

PGR Supervision

Daireen Laverty Anti Doping and Strict Liability - is strict liability an appropriate measure? OR Gender Pay Gap in Sport - Contrary to the Laws of Equality or not? Start Date: 13/07/2022 End Date: 20/01/2023
Lucinda Shaw The Impact of Rapport in Legal Negotiation. Start Date: 19/01/2024
Madeleine Thornton Start Date: 01/09/2022 End Date: 04/10/2023

Qualifications

Law LLB (Hons) September 01 2002
National Teaching Fellow (NTF) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014

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