Professor Ashford joined Northumbria Law School in May 2013 as Professor of Law and Society. Chris is currently the Director of Research and Innovation for the Law School and is also leading the Law REF 2021 submission.
Chris is active within the Gender, Sexuality and Law, Law and Society and Legal Education and Professional Skills (LEAPS) groups at Northumbria.
Chris is involved in a number of national and international academic networks and has held a number of high-profile roles. He is currently a member of the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (LAGLA) North East Advisory Board. Chris is a former Chair of the Association of Law Teachers (ALT) (2015-2017), Secretary of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) (2013-2015), and a member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Legal Education Sub-Committee. Additionally, he previously organised the Gender, Sexuality and Law Stream at the Annual SLSA conference, significantly developing and growing the stream. Chris has also previously served as a member of the Legal Education Research Network (LERN) steering group, a member of the Academy of Social Sciences Open Access Working Group, and as the SLS’s Legal Education Convener.
He was a member of the 2016-17 Bar Standards Board (BSB) Future Bar Training Task Completion Group on pathways to qualification, the 2015 BSB Academic Stage Working Group, and the 2014 QAA Law Benchmark Review panel.
He is Editor of The Law Teacher: The International Journal of Legal Education (published by Routledge), and is also a member of the editorial board of Porn Studies. He has previously guest edited special issues of Sexualities, Liverpool Law Review, Web Journal of Current Legal Issues and Information & Communications Technology Law.
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