Ms Emma Whewell

• Qualifications:LLB (Hons) Bristol; Solicitor; accredited Mediator
• Position:Senior Lecturer in Law
• Department:FBL - Law
• Telephone:+441173283897
• Email:Emma.Whewell@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I was admitted as a Solicitor in 1992 and joined the UWE Bristol Law School as a Senior Lecturer in Law in 1998, following four years as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol.  

I have more than 25 years of experience of teaching Civil Litigation, Family Law, legal skills and professional conduct on the vocational postgraduate Legal Practice Course for Intending Solicitors.  

I have 15 years of experience of teaching on the undergraduate Law degree programme.  Current subjects include Dispute Resolution Skills for Year 2 students; and Family Law, and Lawyering in Practice for Year 3 students.  I have also taught Education and the Law.  

I was an External Examiner for BPP Law School in London from 2010-2014.

I am a practising solicitor and an accredited mediator.  I practised law full time between 1992-1994 and part time between 1994 and 2001.  I resumed in 2018.  For 2 years, I led UWE's Family Law Pro Bono Clinic, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students in relation to real client matters.  For the past 4 years, I have been the Family Law lead in the Business & Law Clinic.  

For the past 5 years, I have co-taught an Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation) elective on the Professional Skills Course for Internding Solicitors and, for the past two years, I have taught a Case Analysis & Case Management Elective on the same course.

I have undertaken empirical research in the field of Children's Social Care, and have a particular interest in what happens during the 'pre-proceedings' stage.  My current research interest is access to justice and alternative dispute resolution in relation to Family Law.

Since October 2015, I have taken part in, or helped to organise, more than 10 professional conferences and public debates at the Family Court in Bristol.

I have been a member of the Local Family Justice Board in Bristol since January 2018 and helped to organise three of its annual conferences.

Area of expertise

Family Law; the Family Justice System and Dispute Resolution; 

Children's Social Care;

Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution; 

Legal Skills;

Professional Ethics.  

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