My Conversations

The Ramblings of a Legal Academic


  • Time Out

    One of our lambs with its head in a bucket. She cheered me up no end today and after a crap few weeks I really needed time out with the sheep – I blogged about it on our sheep website here: http://www.riddlesdenjacobs.moonfruit.com/blog/4583580613/Time-Out/8030172 Continue reading

  • Playing with Law: A tribute to Fran Wright

    It has been a difficult few days. On Monday morning I woke up to the news I had been trying to prepare myself for but which I was never going to be ready for: My former colleague and dear friend Fran Wright had died. That was news that I had hoped wouldn’t come since we… Continue reading

  • Teaching EU Law?

    It looks like I will again be teaching EU law next academic year. I am sort of excited about this but I am also already thinking and worrying about it. Most students don’t really enjoy EU law and many find it boring and difficult and frankly irrelevant to them. So what am I going to… Continue reading