Linda Chadderton

Linda has presented at many conferences (Association of Law Teachers, Socio-Legal Studies Association) and was involved in the hosting of the Law and Emerging Technologies Conference at the University in 2018. Her interest in interactive and immersive learning coupled with law and emerging technologies led her to develop and create an award-winning legally themed escape room (Legally Bound) which was shortlisted for the Thomson Reuters Teaching Law with Technology Prize 2020. The Association of Law Teachers published a blog about her escape room in 2020.

Linda has collaborated on various projects during her time with the University. She organised linguistic mock trials, which saw language students and law students participating in civil and criminal mock trials in French, German, Mandarin and Arabic. Her interest in emerging technologies has led her to develop teaching materials using virtual reality. She has currently secured funding to develop virtual reality to immerse students in case law. She hopes to secure further funding to expand her project to include augmented reality. Linda has been involved in various working groups at the University, including the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality working group. She is also a co-founder of Preston Legal Hackers, the only chapter in the North West which involves lawyers, policymakers, designers, technologists, and academics who explore and develop creative solutions to some of the most pressing issues at the intersection of law and technology.