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Gemma Sweetman   LL.B (Hons), PgDip Legal Practice, PgCDPPHE, FHEA, Solicitor (non-practising)

Gemma Sweetman

(she/her)

LL.B (Hons), PgDip Legal Practice, PgCDPPHE, FHEA, Solicitor (non-practising)

Lecturer

Overview

I qualified as a solicitor in 2007. I left private practice in 2015, at which time I was a Partner in a law firm, to join the University of South Wales as a Lecturer in Legal Practice.

I joined the Centre for Professional Legal Studies in May 2022. I am the Deputy Course Leader for the Legal Practice Course (LPC).

I specialise in Family Law and I have a particular interest in vocational and clinical legal education.

Research

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 – will it protect victims of domestic abuse, and simplify the process for litigants in person? Sweetman G and Moroy S D, Family Law Journal (November 2021)

Teaching

I teach a variety of modules on courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Biography

Education

  • LL.B Law and French - Aberystwyth University (2003)
  • Legal Practice Course - Cardiff University (2004)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Developing Professional Practice in Higher Education - University of South Wales (2016)

Employment

  • Solicitor in private practice - 2007 to 2015 (currently non-practising)
  • Lecturer in Higher Education - 2015 to date

Professional memberships

  • The Law Society
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Clinical Legal Education Organisation

Supervisions

I am a supervisor on the Legal Practice Course LL.M and Bar Training Course LL.M.

Contact Details

Specialisms

  • Family law