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Miss 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 interst 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
Academic year 2022/23
- LL.B - Land Law
- GDL - English and Welsh Legal Legal System
- LPC - Family Law, Interviewing and Advising, Practical Legal Research, Professional Conduct and Regulation, Solicitors' Accounts, Wills and Administration of Estates
Academic year 2023/24
- LL.B - Family Law
- GDL - English and Welsh Legal Legal System
- LPC - Family Law, Interviewing and Advising, Practical Legal Research, Professional Conduct and Regulation, Solicitors' Accounts, Wills and Administration of Estates
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.
Specialisms
- Family law