Christopher Riley LL.B (Hons), PGCLTHE, LLM by Research, SFHEA
Principal Lecturer in Law and Head of Clinical Provision
Summary
I have worked at Sheffield Hallam University since 2007. I started as a Lecturer in Law before being appointed to Senior Lecturer in 2009 and Principal Lecturer in Law in 2015. I have taught a number of modules and held a number of management roles during my time in academia. Before joining the University I spent a number of years working in the legal profession.
About
As Head of Clinical Provision, I have been instrumental in the development of award-winning clinical and applied learning initiatives. I am passionate about creating cutting-edge opportunities for students that help prepare them for the world of work. I have an established profile in the area of miscarriages of justice, specifically focusing on key issues and contextual debates around wrongful convictions and the presumption of innocence.
I currently deliver modules in criminal law, international criminal justice and as Director of Hallam Criminal Appeals Clinic and the new Prison Clinic, which both involve students working under supervision on real-life cases.
Teaching
Department Of Law and Criminology
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Organised the national Criminal Legal Appeals Conference based at Sheffield Hallam University in November 2014.
Invited speaker at Australian National University – July 2012
Seminar: ‘The role of clinical legal education in uncertain times’.
Sheffield Hallam University – February 2012
Panellist - International Law Round Table Event
I currently supervise students working on live-client cases in the Criminal Appeals and Prison Law departments in Hallam Legal Advice Centre. I am also the academic supervisor for students on international placements.
Publications
Presentations
Riley, C. (2014). Law in Practice International: making a success of international placements. Presented at: SHU Placement Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014
Riley, C. (n.d.). Comparative post-release experiences of the wrongfully convicted. Presented at: The McDonaldization of justice and the disappearance of fair trial, Criminal Justice Centre, University of Warwick
Riley, C., & Kennedy, V. (n.d.). Work experience: does any work experience count for the new route to legal qualification? Presented at: Bringing It All Together: Clinical Legal Educators in the 21st Century University, Newcastle, 2017
Riley, C., & Kennedy, V. (n.d.). Work experience: does any work experience count for the new route to legal qualification? Presented at: Bringing It All Together: Clinical Legal Educators in the 21st Century University, Newcastle, 2017
Riley, C. (n.d.). Clinical Legal Education For All, Not For The Few: One UK Law School’sApproach To Legal Pedagogy. Presented at: Association of American Law Schools Annual Clinical Conference, Florida, USA
Riley, C. (n.d.). The role of clinical legal education in uncertain times: a comparative analysis. Presented at: Visiting fellowship paper, College of Law, Australian National University
Riley, C., & Smart, E. (n.d.). SHU Law: enabling access to justice through a teaching law firm. Presented at: National Forum on Access to Justice, Civil Justice Council, Westminster, London
Riley, C. (n.d.). The role of law in post-conflict societies. Presented at: International Law Round Table, Sheffield Hallam University, 2012
Riley, C. (n.d.). The Landscape of Criminal Appeals: 2015 and beyond. Presented at: Criminal Legal Appeals Conference, Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, SHU, 2015
Riley, C. (n.d.). Wrongful Convictions - new beginnings, opportunities and innovations. Presented at: Criminal Legal Appeals Conference, Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, SHU, 2014
Other activities
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I sit on the Advisory Committee for APPEAL (formerly the Centre for Criminal Appeals). I was appointed a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in 2012. I am an External Examiner at London South Bank University and Nottingham Trent University. Member of the Association of Law Teachers. I act as a book reviewer for a number of publishers.