Academic Profile

I qualified as a Solicitor in 1999. Whilst in private practice I specialised in commercial property.  My experience includes acting for sellers, buyers and lenders in both freehold and long leasehold transactions and acting for landlords and tenants in commercial leasehold transactions, dealing with a variety of properties including high street shops, shopping centre units, industrial units, offices, commercial buildings and development land.  I've also dealt with residential plot sales. I joined the course in 2004.

Kate has a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching.

Qualifications

LLB (Hons): University of Hull
Diploma in Legal Practice: University of Sheffield
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching: University of Sheffield

Teaching and Learning

My teaching is focused mainly on the LPC course; however I also teach at undergraduate level and on the GDL.

The emphasis at Sheffield on the LPC is on learning by doing. Most of the time spent in teaching sessions will require the student to put their legal skills and knowledge into practice in a series of practical tasks and activities. Teaching on the LPC is in workshop sessions in groups of up to 18. Typically the students are split into small groups of 3 to 4 and are asked to undertake such tasks as brain-storming, team-working, problem-solving, role-playing and presenting. We believe that this ensures that the student achieves the requisite knowledge and understanding to be able to do the job of a day one trainee.

It is important that in these sessions the client is placed at the centre of the problem, understand the client's concerns and provide practical solutions.

The modules I teach are:

Legal Practice	GDL	Undergraduate
Property Law and Practice	Land Law (Convenor)	Land Law
Commercial Property (Convenor)
Solicitors Accounts
Professional Conduct
Writing
Drafting
Practical Legal Research
Advocacy
Interviewing and Advising (Convenor)

Professional Activities and Recognition

• Member of the Law Society
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy