Zaman F Kala
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Zaman teaches across a range of subjects for the law team. He has particular expertise in the law of contract, constitutional and administrative law, legal skills, commercial dispute resolution and the English legal system. He is an accredited mediator and conducts mediations in civil, commercial and workplace matters. Zaman is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Zaman is a University of Central Lancashire graduate, having graduated with an LLB and LLM from the institution.
In addition to responsibilities as a lecturer, Zaman also co-ordinates the recruitment of students in the School and is also completing a Professional Doctorate in Education that focuses on the retention of students in widening participation institutions. Zaman also has research interests in legal pedagogy and sports law, and has published in the International Sports Law Journal, has delivered conference papers on pedagogy, and is also co-author of Essential Legal l System and Legal Services for SQE 1 (Routledge, 2024).
Prior to joining us, Zaman worked as a lecturer at other higher education institutions, and held programme leadership and academic coordinator responsibilities and implemented law school marketing, recruitment and retention strategies. Prior to joining academia, Zaman worked as a fee earner at a leading firm of solicitors specialising in insurance litigation, legal spend management and dispute resolution. This included conducting Part 7 and Part 8 proceedings, in addition to resolving matters via the dispute resolution process. Zaman has acted on behalf of Top 100 insurance organisations, local/central government, FTSE 100 companies, law firms, captives and leading risk management companies.
- LLM (by research), University of Central Lancashire, 2012
- LLB Law, University of Central Lancashire, 2009
- Legal pedagogy
- Sports law
- Ambush marketing
- Fellow of the HEA
- CMC Accredited Mediator
- Accredited Workplace Mediator
Publications
- Z Kala and I Bowden, Essential Constitutional and Administrative Law for SQE1, (Routledge, 2024)
- I Bowden and Z Kala, Essential Legal System and Legal Services for SQE 1 (1st Edition, Routledge, 2024)
- Z Kala, ‘Semenya v Switzerland: The beginning of the European Court of Human Rights’ influence on gender discrimination in sporting matters?’ [2023] IJLRS, 8(3), 6-11
- Z Kala, ‘Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The “Olympic” element of the Advertising Regulations for the London 2012 Olympic Games’, [2012] I.S.L.J, 1/2, 66-68
- Z, Kala, ‘Assessment Feedback Using Voice-Note Technology: A sure-fire way to enhance the teaching and learning experience?’ TIRI Conference, University of Bolton, June 2019
- Z, Kala ‘The Legal Regulation of Ambush Marketing at Major Sporting Events’ 1st AUE International Research Conference, Dubai, 2017
- P, Fryer, Z, Kala and B, Caddick, ‘An Evaluation between Law Student ‘Rights’ and Assessor Expectations’, ALT Annual Conference, Portsmouth, 2017
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