Law
Welcome to the Law Programme
Team
Nkem Adeleye – Senior Lecturer in Law at Newman University. She has previously worked in Immigration Law as a Legal Representative; as part of her LLM programme she worked as an intern in the Southern Centre for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research interests include the death row phenomenon, international human rights, prisoners’ rights, modern slavery.
Nkem teaches the Equity and Trusts and Tort Law modules on the LLB. Away from work Nkem enjoys spending time with her family.
Karen Cooper – Head of Subject and has previously worked at a number of Universities. She has served as a magistrate in the Midlands and Merseyside areas. Karen has an interest in medical law having previously worked in the Health Service for a number of years before coming to teach law. Karen teaches criminal law and medical law and ethics on the LLB.
Away from work Karen enjoys baking, crafting, spending time with family and friends, voluntary work and walking her two dogs Phoebe, and Alfie.
Brief Summary
Semester 1 modules include:
LLU401 Introduction to Law
LLU402 Contract Law
LLU403 Tort Law
Pre-Course Reading
Recommended text and reading list Level 4
Introduction to Law – LLU401
Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Legal Skills (8th ed, OUP 24 June 2021)
Alisdair Gillespie, Siobhan Weare, The English Legal System (8th ed, OUP 31 May 2021)
Contract Law – LLU402
Poole’s Textbook on Contract Law, Fifteenth Edition, Robert Merkin QC and Séverine Saintier (2021)
Tort Law – LLU403
Carol Brennan, Tort Directions (8th edn, OUP 2022)
Planned Online Meetings
Meet and chat with your law academic
Tuesday 22nd August 2023 11-12
Find out about your first year studying Law at Newman
Wednesday 30th August 10-11 am
Meet and greet with your law academic tutor – preparing for University
Wednesday 6th September
Timetable information
Semester 1
Mondays 11.00 – 13.00
Tuesdays 12.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 -17.00
Thursdays 09.00 – 12.00 and 13.00 – 16.00
Full details of your individual academic timetable will be available via your university email calendar after you have completed online enrolment and set up your student login.
Subject Sessions
Here are the dates and times during our welcome week when your teaching team will be expecting you on campus for welcome activity. Come to main reception and the welcome mentors will get you to the correct rooms:
- 19th September 2023 10-12 HI004
- 21st September 2023, 11-1pm HI004
Running between 10am and 3pm, it will give you a great insight into the Student Union, its societies and its engagement with community groups and employers. You can find out more at Newman Students’ Union – Your Voice.