I joined the law team here at Sussex University in 2019 after 8 years at Brighton University, following qualification as a solicitor with DMH Stallard LLP. I teach and co-lead Contract law, Commercial Contracts and Practice, designed and co-lead the Business Law and Practice module, introduced partly in response to changes in the qualification process for solicitors in England and Wales. New for 2025 I co-designed and lead the Professional Skills: Law in Action module, an innovative skills-based module which includes embedded consultancy work for community organisations. I am Employability lead for the law school, working with practitioners to create a range of opportunities for students and work on embedding employability in the law curriculum. I co-lead the Clinical Legal Education StreetLaw programme, working with local community organisations on public legal education initiatives. My current research interests encompass legal education, including employability through a co-creation lens, professional skills development and authentic assessment. 

Outside of my role at Sussex, I co-founded the 'Contract Ed Talk' network, sit on the national Client Interviewing competition committee, was until recently a trustee for RISE, Brighton-based domestic abuse charity and am a Girls Network mentor.

Teaching awards:

2026: Winner with co-authors Dr Jo Wilson and Dr Verona Ni Drisceoil of 'Scholarship' Sussex Education award

2025: Shortlisted for Law Teacher of the Year Award - Oxford University Press

2025: Shortlisted with colleague Kieran Durcan in the University Commercial Impact category for our Business Law & Practice module in the  Lexis Nexis Legal Awards 2025

2024: My StreetLaw legal clinic team Highly Commended for 'Best Contribution by a Team of Students' at the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards | LawWorks 

2023: Winner of Sussex Education 'World Readiness' & 'Learning Together' awards

2022: Winner of Sussex Education 'Better World' award

2021: Shortlisted for Sussex Education 'Better World' and 'Teaching to Disrupt' awards

2017: Brighton Business School Teaching and Learning award

2016: University of Brighton Excellence in Facilitating and Empowering Learning award