Gillian Mawdsley is an OU Associate Lecturer and wrote this blog earlier in the summer after working with open justice students on a research project in collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation. Gillian is based in Glasgow and is attending COP26 as one of the chosen representatives of the Open University

Gillian Mawdsley is an OU Associate Lecturer and Scottish lawyer and has been involved in tutoring ‘Justice in action’ since it started in 2017. Most recently Gillian supported a group of students with an award winning research project that focused on climate emergency declarations (CEDs) made by public authorities since 2019. Gillian is based in Glasgow and is attending COP26 as one of the chosen representatives of the Open University.

Dr Andrew Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Law, writes about the trial of the Mangrove Nine, which began fifty years ago today.

Elizabeth Hill writes the next blog in our summer series where recent graduates share how their understanding of the value of pro bono legal work has developed in light of their participation in the Open Justice activities of the past year. Elizabeth was the winner of the 2021 Digital Justice Award for her innovative 'chatbot'.

Rachel Donovan writes the next blog in our summer series where recent graduates share how their understanding of the value of pro bono legal work has developed in light of their participation in the Open Justice activities of the past year. 

Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley writes the next blog in our summer series where recent graduates share how their understanding of the value of pro bono legal work has developed in light of their participation in the Open Justice activities of the past year. Laurie-Elizabeth writes about working in the Law Clinic.

Liam Chin writes the next blog in our summer series where recent graduates share how their understanding of the value of pro bono legal work has developed in light of their participation in the Open Justice activities of the past year. Liam participated in the Freedom Law Clinic project.

In the first of a summer series of blog posts our recent graduates share how their understanding of the value of pro bono legal work has developed in light of their participation in the Open Justice activities of the past year. The first blog is by Rachel Innes.

Kate Wells writes about her experiences of working on the Digital Justice Project.

Student Rachel Plaskett writes about her experiences working on a new project to support the St Giles peer advisors in 'The St Giles Pantry'.