Advisory Board Annual Meeting | September 2009 11 a.m. — 1 p.m. on 21st September 2009 Radcliffe House, University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Agenda Paper One Advisory Board | September 2009 Welcome & Apologies ........................................................................ 5 Minutes from 2007/08 ....................................................................... 7 Director’s Report.............................................................................15 The context............................................................................................. 15 Our priorities ........................................................................................... 17 Centre organisation and staffing .................................................................... 19 Celebrating our accomplishments................................................................... 19 Annual Report 2008/09 .....................................................................21 Introduction ............................................................................................ 21 Events Programme..................................................................................... 23 Learning in Law Annual Conference (LILAC09).................................................... 24 Law Teacher of the Year 2009....................................................................... 25 Student Essay Competition........................................................................... 26 Other direct engagement with students ........................................................... 26 Project Development Fund........................................................................... 26 Major grant awarded to UKCLE for OER project .................................................. 27 Communications ....................................................................................... 27 Research ................................................................................................ 29 Engagement with specific institutions.............................................................. 29 Project work............................................................................................ 30 Collaboration with Higher Education Academy colleagues...................................... 31 Collaboration with other professional bodies ..................................................... 32 Online resources at www.ukcle.ac.uk.............................................................. 33 UKCLE contacts ........................................................................................ 36 Financial information and accountability.......................................................... 37 Plans for 2009/10 ............................................................................40 Introduction ............................................................................................ 40 Operational Plan ....................................................................................... 40 Summary Budget for 2009/10........................................................................ 46 Members’ Reports............................................................................47 A European qualification framework for social sciences — how does law fit in? .............. 47 Chair’s Report ................................................................................50 Meeting of the UKCLE Advisory Board | September 2009 Page | 3 Any other business...........................................................................50 Appendix.......................................................................................51 Reports to the Higher Education Academy ........................................................ 51 4 | Page Meeting of the UKCLE Advisory Board | September 2009 Welcome & Apologies Paper Two Advisory Board | September 2009 Purpose of paper Action requested To record attendance Chair to welcome Author attendees and receive Danielle Lysaght apologies into record Attendees Members Jane Buddle British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Roger Burridge University of Warwick (host institution) Liz Campbell Law Society of Scotland Mike Cuthbert Association of Law Teachers Penny English Socio-Legal Studies Association Eileen Fry Association of LPC Providers Selina Goulbourne Commonwealth Legal Education Association John Hamilton* Faculty of Advocates Phil Harris Legal Education Research Group Alison Hollyer Institute of Legal Executives Kevin Kerrigan Clinical Legal Education Organisation Julian Lonbay Society of Legal Scholars Tim Pearce Solicitors Regulation Authority Valerie Shrimplin Bar Standards Board Co-opted members Alison Bone University of Brighton Fiona Cownie Keele University Nigel Duncan The City Law School Ann Holmes Manchester Metropolitan University Pat Leighton University of Glamorgan Paul Maharg University of Strathclyde Avrom Sherr (Chair) Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Ex officio members William Twining UKCLE External Evaluator * new member replacing Pino di Emidio Meeting of the UKCLE Advisory Board | September 2009 Page | 5 UKCLE staff Danielle Lysaght Centre Manager Patricia McKellar Senior Teaching and Learning Advisor Hansa Surti Events Coordinator Tracey Varnava Associate Director Julian Webb Director Apologies The following Members and staff have given their apologies for the meeting: Sefton Bloxham British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Assocation Rebecca Hilsenrath LawWorks Mike Ottley Consortium for Access to Legal Education Alan Paterson (co-opted) University of Strathclyde David Sadler Higher Education Academy Ashley Wilton Committee of Heads of University Law Schools 6 | Page Meeting of the UKCLE Advisory Board | September 2009 Minutes from 2007/08 Paper Two Advisory Board | September 2009 Purpose of paper Author To enter minutes of Victoria MacFarlane previous meeting into Action requested formal record Approval of minutes Minutes of a meeting of the UKCLE Advisory Board held at University House, University of Warwick on September 24th 2008 Present: Alison Bone (University of Brighton), Jane Buddle (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), Roger Burridge (University of Warwick), Liz Campbell (Law Society of Scotland), Fiona Cownie (Keele University), Mike Cuthbert (Association of Law Teachers), Nigel Duncan (The City Law School), Pino di Emidio (Faculty of Advocates), Penny English (Socio-Legal Studies Association), Selina Goulbourne (Commonwealth Legal Education Association), Joanne Green (Solicitors Regulatory Authority), Rebecca Hilsenrath (LawWorks), Ann Holmes (Manchester Metropolitan University), Kevin Kerrigan (Clinical Legal Education Organisation), Patricia Leighton (University of Glamorgan), Julian Lonbay (Society of Legal Scholars), Paul Maharg (University of Strathclyde), Mike Ottley (Consortium for Access to Legal Education), Diane Rowland (British & Irish Law, Education and Technology Association), Avrom Sherr (Chair, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies), Valerie Shrimplin (Bar Standards Board), William Twining (UKCLE External Evaluator), Ashley Wilton (Committee of Heads of University Law Schools). UKCLE: Victoria Macfarlane (Centre Administrator), Patricia McKellar (E-learning Advisor), Hansa Surti (Events Co-ordinator), Tracey Varnava (Associate Director), Julian Webb (Centre Director) and Hollie Wright (Centre Assistant). Apologies: Alison Hollyer (Institute of Legal Executives), Eileen Fry (Association of LPC Providers), Alan Paterson (University of Strathclyde), Phil Harris (Legal Education Research Network). Item 01/08 Welcome and apologies Avrom Sherr welcomed the members and made particular mention of the new members to the Advisory Board. Apologies were noted and members introduced themselves. Avrom informed members of the retirement of Lewis Elton from the Advisory Board. Fiona Cownie questioned whether a card and letter of thanks should be sent to Lewis and Tracey Varnava explained that the UKCLE had already sent a card but that the Advisory Board was welcome to do so also. Avrom Sherr agreed to organise this on behalf of the board. Action Point | Avrom Sherr to send a card to Lewis Elton on behalf of the Advisory Board thanking him for his contribution to the work of the UKCLE Meeting of the UKCLE Advisory Board | September 2009 Page | 7 Avrom announced to the Board that Alistair MacQueen, publisher and former sponsor of Law Teacher of the Year, passed away on 21 September 2008. Board members held a minute’s silence for Alistair. Item 02/08 Minutes and action points from the meeting on 17 September 2007 The minutes were confirmed and all action points were confirmed as having been completed except for point 04/08, which was for Advisory Board Members to put forward suggestions to the UKCLE on funding an income generation plan. Avrom explained that this was a difficult area for Board members to contribute to and would be revisited as part of the agenda. Items 03/08 Director’s report Julian Webb introduced the Director’s report and requested that it be discussed together with the annual report due to similarities between the documents. He explained that 07-08 had been a challenging year for the UKCLE, a year of transition in which the Centre had succeeded in maintaining the level of service expected by the subject community despite the loss of three key staff. The UKCLE had achieved its key targets and contributed to the HEA Evaluation Strategy, HEA Strategic Plan and had also developed its own Strategic