Teaching

2C2Y/2F4Y: Constitutional and Administrative Law

I am a member of the teaching team for this core module (first year undergraduate students and postgraduate diploma students) along with David Mead, Dr. Michael Harker and Anne Hammond. We cover the basics of UK constitutional law, including parliamentary sovereignty, the Human Rights Act, judicial review, devolution and the Cabinet. In 2009/10, I am teaching seminars across all subjects and lecturing on electoral systems, the House of Lords, the parliamentary ombudsman, devolution and local government, and constitutional reform.

3B4Y/3B6Y: Media, entertainment and sports law

This optional module for final year undergraduate law students is offered for the first time in 2009/10. I am teaching block A (which covers journalists and the law and also media and entertainment contracts) and part of block C (where I teach the regulation of new media – Internet TV, computer games and online gambling). The other lecturers on this module are Dr. Michael Harker, Prof. Alastair Mullis and Dr. Rob Heywood.

M589: Information Technology & Internet Law

This is my own module on Internet law. It covers cyberlaw histories and theories, crime, privacy, software and IP, electronic commerce, ISP liability and social networking. It ran in the first semester in 2009/10.

M606 Commercial Aspects of Media Law

This is a second-semester module that I teach along with Alastair Mullis and Michael Harker. We teach a series of seminars on the transactions and rules that affect the media industries. My seminars deal with advertising, media-related IP, new business models and international trade law.

M08Y Media & Society

This is one of the most exciting projects that I am involved in – it is jointly delivered by the schools of Law, International Development, Economics, Political, Social & International Studies (PSI) and Film & TV Studies. It’s a year-long core module for students on the LLM in Media Law, Policy & Practice but also for students on various media-related degrees across the media@uea initiative. I teach classes on media regulation, copyright, audiences and new media as part of this module.

Current Issues in Intellectual Property Law

I lead two seminars on copyright law in this module – a required course for students on the LLM in Information, Technology & Intellectual Property Law.