Linda Chadderton

Linda is the Director for Professional Legal Education and a solicitor. Linda worked for 20 years in practice as a defendant litigator before joining the University of Central Lancashire in 2017. Her role includes providing academic leadership to support the Degree Apprenticeships in Law and the Professional Masters in Solicitors Legal Practice. Linda’s specialism is civil litigation teaching across both undergraduate and postgraduate LLB Law.

Linda is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Linda has presented at many conferences (Association of Law Teachers, Socio-Legal Studies Association, Law and Emerging Technologies Conference). Her interest in interactive and immersive learning coupled with law and emerging technologies led her to develop and create an award-winning legally themed escape room (Legally Bound) which won the Thomson Reuters Teaching Law with Technology Prize 2020. Linda organises and creates Employability events within the School including Judges Marshalling, Vacation Schemes in collaboration with local and national legal organisations and outreach events with Northwest legal professionals including the Judiciary & HMCTS. Linda has authored several books including Revise SQE:Tort Law, Dispute Resolution and Advocacy.

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