Scott Slorach

Profile

Biography

Professor Scott Slorach
MA (Oxon), Solicitor (non-practising)

Director of Learning and Teaching, and Faculty Deputy Associate Director of Learning & Teaching

I joined York Law School in 2014.  I qualified as solicitor in the City, working with McKenna & Co (now CMS) then Allen & Overy. My previous roles in Higher Education include Professor of Curriculum Development at Nottingham Trent University, and Vice-President (Education) and Board Member of the University of Law. I have held visiting appointments with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, The College of Law Australia, and the University of Strathclyde. I have also held appointments with The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Research

Overview

• Legal education: academic; vocational; professional
• Regulation and quality assurance of legal education

Projects

• Report to Legal Services Regulation Authority (submitted to Irish Parliament) on Irish legal practitioner education and training
• Evidence to Welsh Commission for Justice on legal education, legal practice, ethics and technology
• Report to Judicial Studies Board on the quality of diversity training provided to magistrates and judges

Publications

Selected publications

• "Legal Systems and Skills" (with Embley, Goodchild & Shephard) - OUP, 5th edition
• "Business Law" (with Ellis) - OUP, 31st edition
• "SQE Business Law & Practice" (with Ellis) - OUP, 4th edition
• "Corporate, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions" – OUP

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Law Commerce & Finance
• Legal Skills

Postgraduate

• Legal Services Business & Strategy
• Professional Writing

Other teaching

Professional

• PGCAP supervisor and assessor

External activities

Overview

Major projects

• Design: Practical Law Training Programme – College of Law Australia
• Design: Practical Legal Skills Programme – College of Law New Zealand
• SRA working group on development of Solicitors Qualification Examination

Recent activity

• External panel member: review of University College Cork LLB programmes
• External panel member: validation of LLM in Law and Practice Liverpool John Moores University
• Design: O Shaped Lawyer – Law Society of Scotland Trainee CPD
• Consultant editor: OUP SQE2 Skills