Professor Michael Doherty

Professor of Law and Associate Head (Student Experience)

Profile

Prof Michael Doherty is Associate Head of School and the lead for student experience.

Before joining Lancaster he was Principal Lecturer in Law and student experience lead at UCLan. He is a former Chair of the Association of Law Teachers, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His teaching awards include the Routledge/ALT Teaching Law with Technology Prize 2015.

Prof Doherty has a longstanding interest in Public Law, has taught the subject for over 30 years and is author of the textbook, Public Law (2nd edn, Routledge, 2018). He has taught, researched and published on civil liberties and on environmental law.

His current research and pedagogy focus is in the developing field of legal design - applying design thinking to legal problems and processes. He is exploring the disciplinarity of, and the cultural barriers to, bringing design thinking into law, and has applied design thinking to legal teaching and curriculum development.

The utility of user personas in higher education development projects
Invited talk

Chair of the Association of Law Teachers
Election to learned society

Association of Law Teachers / Routledge, Teaching Law with Technology Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)

Stan Marsh Prize for Best Conference Poster
Prize (including medals and awards)

Chris Gale Prize for best conference paper @ Association of Law Teachers Conference
National/international honour

  • Centre for Law and Society