Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jess Guth is a leading academic in legal education. She has written extensively in areas such as legal skills, legal pedagogoies and legal education and training reform. She is currently researching links between legal education and social justice.
Jess' second area of research expertise lies in European Law and policy and in particular in how gender plays out across Courts as legal and political institutions. She published Gender and the Court of Justice with co-author Dr Sanna Elvfing (Lincoln) in 2018. Jess is now turning her attention to looking at the role and impact of Advocate Generals on the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Jess' teaching expertise spans the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum and she has taught on may of the core subjects as well as designed options in Employment Law, Law and Society, Law and Film, Gender Sexuality and Law and Human Rights. Her teaching brings her legal education research to life and is focused on empowering her students to make their minds their own
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Evaluating Law and Policy in the Context of Doctoral Mobility in the European Union, University of Liverpool
Award Date: 14 Dec 2011
Postgraduate Certificate, Higher Education Practice, University of Bradford
Award Date: 17 Jul 2009
Master of Arts, Social Research, University of Leeds
Award Date: 24 Nov 2004
Postgraduate Diploma, Legal Practice (LPC), Nottingham Trent University
Award Date: 18 Jul 2001
LLB Law, University of Leicester
Award Date: 19 Jul 2000
External positions
Treasurer, Association of Law Teachers
Apr 2024 → …
Subject Section Convenor: Legal Education
Sept 2021 → …
Keywords
- K Law (General)
- EU Law
- Public Law
- Human Rights
- Equality Law
- Gender, Sexuality and Law
- Legal Education
- Legal Profession
- Social Justice
- KD England and Wales
- Public Law
- Legal Education
- Legal Training
- Legal Profession
- LB2300 Higher Education
- Higher Education Management
- Legal Education
- Curriculum
- Social Justice
- LT Textbooks
REF 2029 UOA
- UOA18 - Law
- UOA23 - Education
- UOA20 - Social Work and Social Policy
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Academic skills in legal education
Guth, J., Jan 2025, Elgar concise encyclopaedia of legal education. Cownie, F., Bradney, A. & Jones, E. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-3 (Elgar Concise Encyclopedias in Law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Class in legal education
Guth, J., Jan 2025, Elgar concise encyclopaedia of legal education. Cownie, F., Bradney, A. & Jones, E. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 72-75 (Elgar Concise Encyclopedias in Law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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“But it’s all about women though”: socio-legal and gender research in the core curriculum
Guth, J., 4 Mar 2025, Teaching of rights and justice in the law school: challenges and opportunities for research led teaching. Taylor & Francis, p. 209-224 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A chapter closes
Guth, J. & Ashford, C., 2 Apr 2024, In: The Law Teacher. 58, 2, p. 165-167 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Assessment in legal education: towards an inclusive, diverse, and authentic strategy
Guth, J. (Editor), Canto Lopez, M. (Editor) & Bansal, D. (Editor), 20 Aug 2024, (In preparation) In: The Law Teacher. 59, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Prizes
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Baroness Lockwood Award for Distinguished Teaching
Guth, J. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Francesco Kjellberg Award for Outstanding Papers Presented by New Scholars
Guth, J. (Recipient), Jul 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Legal Education and Research as Activism: Researching the Court of Justice of the EU
Guth, J. (Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2024Activity: Invited talk/public lecture/debate
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What if Law Schools were actually about (social) justice?
Guth, J. (Keynote speaker)
9 Oct 2024Activity: Invited talk/public lecture/debate
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Association of Law Teachers Early Career Symposium
Giles, C. (Organiser), McGuirk, N. (Organiser), Guth, J. (Organiser) & Langley, K. (Organiser)
11 Sept 2024Activity: Attending or organising conference/seminar/workshop › Conference
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What if Law Schools were actually about (social) justice?
Guth, J. (Invited speaker)
10 Sept 2024Activity: Invited talk/public lecture/debate
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Bristol University Press (Publisher)
Guth, J. (Peer reviewer)
Jul 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer review and editorial work › Publication peer review