About the centre
The Centre for Legal Education and the Legal Profession (CLELP) is one of the UK’s leading hubs for research and innovation in legal education and the legal profession. We study how the profession and legal services market are changing, and how legal education in law schools is evolving through rigorous empirical, doctrinal and socio-legal research.
Our members research, teach and collaborate across themes that shape modern legal education and practice, including LegalTech and Generative AI, Clinical Legal Education, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Legal Sector, Legal Ethics and Professional Regulation, Access to the Profession and Widening Participation, Student Employability and Careers, Curriculum and Assessment Design, and Communities of Practice in Legal Education.
CLELP sits within Westminster Law School, one of the largest and most diverse law schools in the UK. Our members teach across a wide range of subjects and bring current research into the curriculum. We play a central role in the student experience equipping our students with the knowledge, confidence and professional skills to thrive in their future careers. Through our Legal Careers, Employability and Professional Development Hub, led by CLELP’s Student Fellows, students can take part in activities that connect legal education with practice, explore routes into the profession, and build the skills and attributes most valued by employers.
About the speaker
Luke Mason
Luke Mason is a philosopher and legal theorist whose work focuses on labour law, legal philosophy and legal education. He joined the University of Westminster in 2021 as Professor of Jurisprudence and Head of Westminster Law School.
Luke’s research covers a broad range of fields. His primary doctrinal interest lies in labour law and social policy, in particular the legal construction and regulation of economic relationships in the context of work. Much of Luke’s work also looks at the nature of legal reasoning and thought, and their relationship with other areas of culture, as well as legal education and learning. Some of his recent work has explored the themes of his research in collaboration with artists, including the co-production of films, the display of works in museum exhibitions, and performative projects involving public engagement with legal and political philosophy. He has also worked extensively as a consultant and within policy in the UK and abroad.
