Responsibilities

• PhD and Dissertation Supervisor
• LLB Public Law Joint Module Leader

Teaching

• LLB Public Law (Constitutional and Administrative)
• PhD and Dissertation Supervisor
• Empirical Research Methods
• Legal Skills

Research Interests

• Legal Profession
• Legal System
• Dispute Resolution including Mediation
• Family Law
• Public Law

Biography

Lisa Webley LLB Hons (Law with French Hons) (Birm) MA (Westmin) PhD (Lond) DiplEJF (Limoges) PgDiplLP (CoL Chester) FHEA FRSA teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the School of Law, principally constitutional and administrative law, legal skills, the English legal system and research methods, with occasional classes on dispute resolution in a civil and family law context. She is a PhD supervisor, as well as a dissertation supervisor for LLB and LLM students. She is also involved in teaching, learning and assessment policy for the LLB, as well curriculum design and quality assurance. She is a professional tutor on the Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma in Higher Education. She has also acted as an external examiner or adviser at a number of higher education institutions in the UK and abroad.

Lisa has carried out funded empirical research for a number of public bodies and organisations including the European Commission; the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Department for Constitutional Affairs); the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (formerly the DTI); the Law Society of England and Wales; the Legal Services Commission; the Legal Services Board; and the Victoria Law Foundation Australia. Details of some of her publications are set out below. She also undertakes academic and professional consultancy work, including consultancy for City law firms.

Lisa is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, and Course Director and principal teacher on the Institute's two week intensive Introduction to Legal and Empirical Research Methods course for MPhil/PhD students. She has also taught previously at Birkbeck College and the University of Exeter. She has held a number of visiting positions: Visiting Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney Australia (2002) and the Victoria Law Foundation, Melbourne Australia (2004); Adjunct Professor on the Dickinson Penn State School of Law semester abroad programme (2004 & 2005); Visiting Professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Ohio USA (2007); Visiting Professor on the University of Stetson JD programme (2008. 2009).  She was formerly a director and trustee of the Hackney Law Centre. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Publications

Books

• Webley, L. & Samuels, H. (2010, published September 2009) Complete Public Law: Text Cases & Materials (Oxford: Oxford University Press) pp. xxxvii, 740 ISBN-13:9780199228270.
• Webley, L. (2009) Legal Writing 2^nd ed. (London: Routledge-Cavendish Publishing) pp. vii, 136 July 2009 ISBN-13:9780415491914; Webley, L. (2005) Legal Writing 1^st edition (London: Cavendish Publishing) pp. vii, 122 ISBN:1-85941-919-4. Reprint also 2005.
• Duff, L. & Webley, L. (2004) Equality and Diversity: Women Solicitors Research Study 48 Volume II Law Society Research Study Series (London: The Law Society) pp. 64 ISBN:185328-972-8. 
• Moorhead, R., Sherr, A., Webley, L., Rogers, S., Sherr, L., Paterson, A. & Domberger, S. (2001) Quality and Cost: Final Report on the Contracting of Civil Non-Family Advice and Assistance Pilot (Norwich: The Stationery Office) pp. xii, 237 ISBN:0-11-702741-3. 
• Webley, L. (1999) A Review of the Literature on Family Mediation for England and Wales, Scotland, Republic of Ireland, France and the United States (London: Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct) pp. 137.

Other Research Monographs

• Bacquet S. & Webley L. (2006) A Review of How Other Countries Provide Advice to the Vulnerable on Consumer and Social Issues (London: Department of Trade & Industry) pp. 54. 
• Webley, L., Abrams, P. & Bacquet, S. (2006) Report on the Evaluation of the Birmingham Court-based Civil Mediation Scheme (London: The Department for Constitutional Affairs) pp. 169. 

Journal Articles & Chapters in Edited Collections

• Webley, L. (2010) ‘Part III Doing Empirical Legal Studies Research Chapter 39 - Qualitative Approaches to ELS’ in Cane, P. & Kritzer, H. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Studies. Forthcoming. 
• Webley, L. (2010) ‘Solicitors as Imagined Masculine, Family Mediators as Fictive Feminine and the  Hybridisation of Divorce Solicitors’ in Mortensen, R., Bartlett, F. & Tranter, K. (eds.) Alternative Perspectives on Lawyers and Legal Ethics: Reimagining the Profession (Sydney: Routledge-Cavendish).  Forthcoming.  
• Bacquet, S., Boon, A., Webley, L. & Whyte A. (2009) ‘The Next Generation of Legal Aid Solicitors – The LSC’s Training Grants Scheme’ Buck, A., Pleasence, P. & Balmer N. (ed.) Reaching Further: Innovation, Access and Quality in Legal Services (London: The Stationery Office) ISBN:978-0-11-706724-0. 
• Webley, L. (2008) ‘The European Criminal Record in England and Wales’ in Xanthaki, H. & Stefanou, C. (eds.) Towards a European Criminal Record (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) ISBN-13:9780521866699. 
• Webley, L. & Duff, L. (2007) ‘Women Solicitors as a Barometer for Problems within the Legal Profession – Time to Put Values Before Profits?’ Vol. 34 No. 3  Journal of Law & Society  374-402 ISSN:0263-323X 
• Webley, L., Abrams, P. & Bacquet, S. (2006) ‘Mediation through the Birmingham Court-based Scheme’ Vol. 9 Part 1 Journal of Housing Law 9-12 ISSN:1368-6542. 
• Webley, L. (2005) ‘Criminal Records and Organised Crime in England and Wales’ in Xanthaki, X. & Stefanou, C. (eds.) Criminal Records and Organised Crime in the EU: Criminal Records as Effective Tools or Missed Opportunities (The Hague: Kluwer Law International) 133-148 ISBN:90-411-2364-4. 
• Webley, L. (2004) ‘Divorce Solicitors and Ethical Approaches – The Best Interests of the Client and/or the Best Interests of the Family?’ Vol. 7 Part 2 Legal Ethics 231-250 ISSN:1460-728X. 
• Webley, L. (2001) ‘Comment: Pro Bono and the Young Profession: A View from England and Wales’ in Special Issue: For the Public Good Pro Bono and the Legal Profession in Australia Vol. 19 Law in Context 45-49 ISBN:1-86287-411-5. 
• Webley, L. (2000) ‘Pro Bono and Young Solicitors: Views from the Front Line’ Vol.3 Legal Ethics 152-168 (published Spring 2001) ISSN:1460-728X. 
• Mytton, E. & Webley, L. (2000) ‘Families and Violence: Making Difference Visible’ Vol. 7 No. 3 International Journal of the Legal Profession 273-285 ISSN:0969-5958. 
• Webley, L. & Rogers S. (1999) Evaluating Public Legal Services – Peer Review The Law Society Research and Policy Planning Unit Annual Conference Papers 1999 (London: the Law Society). 
• Sherr, A. & Webley, L. (1997) ‘Legal Ethics in England and Wales’ Vol. 4 Nos. 1/2  International Journal of the Legal Profession 109-138 ISSN:0969-5958. 
• Webley, L. (1997) ‘HIV/AIDS Discrimination – Why Are There So Few Cases?’ The Litigator 232-235 ISSN:1355-610X. 
• Webley, L. (1997) ‘Il Ruolo dei Servizi Giuridici Per Combattere Le Discriminazioni Nei Confronti Delle Persone Sieropositive: L’Esperienza Del Regno Unito’ 315-328, Simeoni, E, Serpelloni, G. & Spiniello, M (eds.) HIV/AIDS Diritti e Responsabilita (Verona: Gruppo C) ISBN:88-87371-09-1. 
• Webley, L. (1997) ‘Book Review: Essential Legal Skills – Mediation by Michael Noone’ Vol. 4 Nos. 1/2 International Journal of the Legal Profession 155-157 ISSN:0969-5958. 

Professional Publications/ Articles

• Webley, L. (2008) ‘Paralegals’ in Cane, P. & Conaghan, J. (eds.) New Oxford Companion to Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press) ISBN-13:978-0-19-929054-3.
• Webley, L. (2008) ‘The Cost of Claiming and Complaining’ in Cane, P. & Conaghan, J. (eds.) New Oxford Companion to Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press) ISBN-13:978-0-19-929054-3.
• Webley, L. (2008) ‘Legal Ethics 2008: report on the 3rd International Legal Ethics Conference’ Autumn Directions in Legal Education 16-17 ISSN:1474-7774.
• A series of pro bono articles in the Law Institute of Victoria’s Journal for the legal profession in Victoria, Australia:
• Webley, L. (2004) ‘Access Key In The UK’ September Law Institute of Victoria Journal 83 ISSN:0023-9267.
• Webley, L. (2004) ‘Legal Aid and Legal Need’ November Law Institute of Victoria Journal 91 ISSN:0023-9267.
• Webley, L. (2004) ‘The Loneliness of the Pro Bono Co-ordinator’ December Law Institute of Victoria Journal 92 ISSN:0023-9267.
• Webley, L. (1997) ‘European Study of Legal Services for those Affected by HIV/AIDS- Related Discrimination Vol. 3 No. 2/3 Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy & Law 25-26 ISSN:1192-5252.
• Webley, L. (1997) ‘Étude européenne sur les service juridiques aux personnes séropsoitives victimes de discrimination.’ Vol. 3, No. 2/3 Bulletin Canadien VIH.SIDA Et Droit  28-29 ISSN :1192-5252.

Examples of Research Reports Lisa has worked on

• Evaluation of the Birmingham Court Based Civil (Non-Family) Mediatiuon Scheme  
• Equality and Diverstity: Women Solicitors. Research Study 48, Volume ii. Qualitative Findings and Literature Review.