Dr James Gray

Associate Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

James graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy from Liverpool University in 1984 and a Diploma in Law and LLB (Hons) from Kent University in 1996. After studying the Bar Vocational Course, James qualified as a barrister in 1997 and undertook a civil pupillage at 4 Brick Court in the Temple. He joined the Law School from the Inland Revenue Tax Law Rewrite Project in 1999

Campus Address

City Campus East - 306

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Key Publications

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J G Ballard and the phenomenology of the absence of law, Gray, J. 2019, In: Law and Humanities
Considering conceptions and re-conceptions of the self through law and literature: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Gray, J. 30 May 2015, Law and Society Conference
The Good Life for Lawyers? Ethics, legal education and values, Gray, J. 2013, The Legal Profession: Education and Ethics in Practice, Athens, ATINER
Thawing out the Law School: why we need legal education theory, Gray, J. 25 Sep 2012, In: Alternative Law Journal
Edith Wharton and the Emergence of American Legal Realism, Gray, J. 2011, Legal Theory, Practice and Education, Athens, The Law Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.)
Some Reflections on Liberty : Bruce Winick’s ‘Civil Commitment: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model’, Gray, J. Jun 2010, In: Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
Hellenism and hebraism: legal traditions and the work of Cynthia Ozick, Gray, J. 2008, Crossing Borders : law, language, and literature, Wolf Legal Publishers
The relationship between academic legal education and the legal profession: the review of legal education in England and Wales and the teaching hospital model, Gray, J., Woodley, M. 2005, In: European Journal of Legal Education

PGR Supervision

Bill Holohan A study of the attitude of and knowledge of practising solicitors in Ireland of mediation and the Mediation Act 2017. Start Date: 15/11/2023
Niamh Lenihan 'Towards a Definition of Online Harm in an Era of Emerging Digital Technology Legislation' Start Date: 27/04/2023

Qualifications

Law LLB (Hons) June 30 1996
CELTA June 30 1991
Philosophy BA (Hons) June 30 1987

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