Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board are firmly committed to ensuring fair and flexible access to university education for all.

The Board offers advice and support on widening participation engagement activities conducted by the Law School. It also provides guidance on how to support such students throughout the LLB degree. 

Newcastle Law School’s undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum are continually developed to reflect

• staff expertise;
• current societal challenges and;
• students’ needs and ambition

Members of the Advisory Board highlight emerging trends within their professions, helping us to reflect on the modules we teach and the balance struck between intellectual and practical aspects of the courses provided.   

Our employability and enterprise team and pro-bono team work closely with the advisory board, helping us to

• identify key graduate skills;
• find new ways to enhance skills development and;
• prepare our students for whatever career they desire after graduation

The Law School Advisory Board offers support and advice on a variety of engagement activities including: 

• school out-reach work;
• pro-bono opportunities;
  
• the Sutton Trust Pathway to Law Programme;
  
• career placement year and;
• student society activity

Advisory Board members regularly engage in discussions about the level and means of wellbeing support being provided to the Law School community. They help us by offering guidance and advice on alternative methods of support, drawing upon their own professional experience.  

Through international partnerships, student exchange opportunities and collaborative research, Newcastle Law School ensures it is a globally engaged law school.

The Advisory Board supports the Law School to develop and implement its internationalisation strategy.     

A number of our Advisory Board members are alumni of the Law School and facilitate alumni events.

We hope to strengthen and improve alumni engagement and seek to benefit from the experience and expertise of our alumni community. The Advisory Board will play a key role in helping develop our alumni engagement strategy.