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Salford and Bahrain law students explore global legal issues

University of Salford law students have completed a 12-week Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project with students from the British University of Bahrain (BUB), exploring global legal issues while developing research, teamwork and presentation skills

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Meet the expert: Matthew Carn

Meet Matthew Carn, Lecturer in Law here at Salford Business School. After studying his undergraduate degree abroad in Canada, Matthew acquired a strong interest in property law, particularly how it applies to assets such as cryptocurrency and digital files.

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Meet the expert: Sarah McNeill

Sarah McNeill loves inspiring her students to explore the world of law. As an A-Level law teacher, a visit to the University of Salford with her students showed her the impact that higher education could have and inspired her to become an academic herself.  Now Interim Deputy Head for Law at Salford Business School, Sarah focuses on bridging the gap between further education and higher education and ensures that students are fully supported during their academic journey.

From debate to dialogue: reflections from BILETA 2026

Craig Smith, Lecturer in Law, recently attended the 41st Annual Conference of the British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association (BILETA), hosted at Aberystwyth University. As a first-time attendee, the conference offered an engaging and intellectually challenging space to explore how law and technology are increasingly shaping one another and, importantly, how legal education must respond.

Meet the expert - Ayesha Chowdhury

Meet the expert: Dr Ayesha Chowdhury

Meet Dr Ayesha Chowdhury, Lecturer in Law here at Salford Business School, and a keen academic who has spent years researching a series of complex legal fields, including Terrorism Law, Human Rights Law, and Legal Ethics and Concepts. Inspired by her family’s own passion for education, she decided early in her career to leave her prestigious Barrister role and pursue a role in academia.

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Arguing with AI: legal debates with Generative AI

At the recent Academic Practice and Technology Conference 2025, Salford Business School’s Lecturer in Law, Craig Smith, presented a case study that explored the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in legal education.