Conference presentations

The list of conference, seminar and other presentations is extensive, particularly in recent years, in part as a deliberate strategy to publicise my work and those with whom I collaborate internationally in the field of legal education and technology-enhanced learning.  As a sample, below are the conference presentations, workshop papers and staff development sessions I gave in the period 2014-19.  

2019

  1. Maharg, P. (2019). ‘Dynamic conservatism’: Second modernity and the digital revolution in legal education.  BILETA, Queen’s University Belfast, April.
  2. Maharg, P., Treleaven, A. (2019). The big one: Emerging challenges in Bar Admissions at home and abroad.  Annual Bar Admissions Conference, NCBE, San Francisco, USA, 3 May.  Invited paper.
  3. Maharg, P. (2019). Innovative learning, teaching and assessment.  Invited paper, Staff Development Day, Newcastle University Law School, England, 10 May.
  4. Maharg, P. (2019). ‘Complicitous and contestatory’: The hermeneutics of legal education.  Invited paper, Modern Law Review Seminar, Northumbria University School of Law, Newcastle, 17 May.
  5. Maharg, P. (2019). Invited paper to CLEO conference on simulation learning in legal education, London South Bank University Law School, 11 October, London.
  6. Maharg, P. (2019). Invited keynote, Legal Education Conference, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, 18-19 October, Hong Kong.
  7. Maharg, P. (2019).  Simulated client: A portrait of the ethics tutor as outsider.  CALE Conference, University of Windsor, Ontario, 24-26 October.
  8. Maharg, P. (2019).  Simulated clients in action.  Ontario Bar Association Seminar (video conference seminar)

2018

  1. Maharg, P. (2018). Multimedia learning, 2002-2018: A case study across a century of digital learning.  Invited staff development seminar, Osgoode Professional Development, Toronto, April.
  2. Maharg, P. (2018). An exhibition of future law schools: Three portraits and a seascape.  Conference keynote, Directions in Legal Education, 2018, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June.
  3. Maharg, P. (2018). Panel member, The Big Debate.  Directions in Legal Education, 2018, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June.
  4. Maharg, P. (2018). Workshop on PBL and legal education.  Invited staff development, two-day workshop, June 2018
  5. Maharg, P. (2018). Reading Group: Matching student assessment to problem-based learning. Invited staff development, two-day workshop, June 2018
  6. Maharg, P. (2018). Reading Group: Staff development in problem-based learning. Invited staff development, two-day workshop, June 2018
  7. Ching, J., Maharg, P., Sherr, A., Webb, J. (2018). Legal Education and Training Review: Five years on. Conference keynote, Legal Education and Training Review: Five years on, Leeds Beckett University, June.
  8. Maharg, P. (2018). Future law schools and experiential learning. Invited staff development seminar.  University of Exeter School of Law, June.
  9. Maharg, P. (2018). No degree required?  Emerging trends in admissions practices.  Invited plenary, Association of Canadian Legal Education Directors, The Advocates’ Society, Toronto, September.
  10. Maharg, P. (2018). Problem-based learning in legal learning: how can the digital domain be developed?  Osgoode Professional Development, November.
  11. Maharg, P. (2018). Problem-based learning in legal learning: how can the digital domain be developed?  Notts Trent Law School, December.

2017

  1. Maharg, P. (2017). The simulated client initiative: a portrait of the outsider as teacher.  Invited paper to Legal Education in Crisis?  Bringing Researchers and Resources Together to Generate New Scientific Insights.  Panel: Comparative Perspectives on Legal Education.  The American Bar Foundation, Chicago, February.  http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/events/634.
  2. Maharg, P. (2017). ‘We are the campus’: learning design and ANU’s online PBL.  Invited paper to Problem-Based Learning in Legal Education Workshop, Joint SLS/PEARL/York University workshop, York University Law School, March.
  3. Maharg, P., Webb, J. (2017). Beyond the adhocracy: building a platform for legal education research and evidence-based policy-making in the Common Law world.  Invited paper to the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Conference, Melbourne, March.
  4. Clapperton, R., Maharg, P., Rodenburg, D. (2017). The cognitive computing revolution in simulation for academic and professional education: an implementation and its implications.  British and Irish Law Education Technology Association Annual Conference, Universidade do Minho Faculty of Law, Portugal, April.
  5. Easton, C., Maharg, P., Nair, A. (2017). Legal scholarship and OA publishing: developing radical pathways to free, open models.  British and Irish Law Education Technology Association Annual Conference, Universidade do Minho Faculty of Law, Portugal, April.
  6. Maharg, P. (2017). SC concept, practice and research background.  Simulated clients: a workshop on interdisciplinary learning and teaching in legal education.  City University Law School, Gray’s Inn, London.  (This day-long workshop organised by Maharg and included seven speakers)
  7. Hudson, N., Maharg, P. (2017). Training SCs: video examples and educational issues.  Simulated clients: a workshop on interdisciplinary learning and teaching in legal education.  City University Law School, Gray’s Inn, London.  (This day-long workshop organised by Maharg and included seven speakers)
  8. Maharg, P. (2017). ‘We are the campus’: learning design and ANU’s online PBL JD.  Centre for Legal Education, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, June.
  9. Maharg, P. (2017). Reflections: Early Music, canoes and legal education.  Invited plenary paper, Centre for Legal Education, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, June.
  10. Hudson, N., Maharg, P. (2017). Digital literacies in legal education.  Centre for Legal Education, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, June.
  11. Maharg, P. (2017). Digital and physical spaces in legal education.  Invited address to faculty, Dalhousie School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June.
  12. Maharg, P. (2017). SC concept, practice and research background.  Simulated clients: a workshop on interdisciplinary learning and teaching in legal education.  PEARL Workshop, The Australian National University College of Law, Canberra.  (This day-long workshop organised by Maharg and included six speakers). 16 August.
  13. Maharg, P. (2017). Solicitors Qualifying Examination: What effect will it have on legal education?  Invited seminar, The Australian National University College of Law, Canberra.  17 August.
  14. Maharg, P. (2017). ‘Curriculum is technology’: Affordances of ePortfolios.  Invited keynote, The Australian National University College of Law, Centre for Higher Education Learning and Teaching, Canberra.  18 August.
  15. Maharg, P. (2017). Disintermediation in Higher Education.  Invited keynote, University of New England, Australia.  21 August.
  16. Maharg, P. (2017). ‘We are the campus’: Learning design and ANU’s online PBL JD.  Invited staff seminar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 27 September. 
  17. Maharg, P. (2017). The end of the law degree?  The Solicitors Qualifying Examination in England and Wales.  Invited staff seminar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 28 September. 
  18. Maharg, P. (2017). The end of the law degree?  The Solicitors Qualifying Examination in England and Wales.  Osgoode Professional Development (OPD), Osgoode Hall Law School, 18 October.
  19. Maharg, P. (2017). Prometheus, Sisyphus, Themis: Three futures for legal education research.  Invited Keynote, Conference on the Future of Legal Research, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.  2 December.

2016

  1. Maharg, P. (2016). Learning/Technology.  British and Irish Law Education Technology Association (BILETA), University of Hertfordshire, 11-12 April.
  2. Maharg, P. (2016). Disintermediation and Australian legal education.  National Law Reform Conference, Australian National University, 14 April.
  3. Maharg, P. (2016).  Disintermediation: the art of good business and the art of learning justice. Invited Plenary Address.  Directions in Legal Education Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 4.
  4. Maharg, P. (2016).  Osgoode Hall, Invited seminars, University of York, Toronto, June 9-10.
  5. Maharg, P. (2016).  Innovative legal educational assessment.  Invited panel discussion, Third Symposium on Experiential Legal Education, New York Law School, New York, 11 June.
  6. Maharg, P. (2016). Imagination and Legal Reasoning Conference, invited panel chair, (Session 3, Imagination, Education and Legal Reasoning), 15 June.
  7. Maharg, P. (2016). Social research media and effective dissemination of research. Legal Education Research Network (LERN).  Invited seminar, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, 16 June.
  8. Maharg, P., Rodenburg, D. (2016). The Redress of Legal Education.   Invited Legal Education stream plenary, Society of Legal Scholars, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, September.
  9. Maharg, P. (2016). Disintermediation in legal education.  Legal Education/Technology session, Legal Education stream, Society of Legal Scholars, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, September.
  10. Maharg, P. (2016).  Legal Education/Technology session (Paul Maharg, Chair), Legal Education stream, Society of Legal Scholars, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, September.

2015

  1. Ching, J., Maharg, P., Sherr, A., Webb, J. (2015). An overture for well-tempered regulators: four variations on a LETR theme.  Invited public lecture: The Lord Upjohn Lecture, Inns of Court, London. 
  2. Maharg, P., Webb, J. (2015). Of tails and dogs: standards, standardisation and innovation in assessment.  Fifty Years of Assessment in Legal Education, Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. 
  3. Maharg, P. (2015). Digital research literacies for legal educators.  Invited workshop, Legal Education Research Network (LERN).  Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. 
  4. Maharg, P. (2015). Well-being and learning: what legal educators and regulators can learn from progressive primary education.  Well-being Forum, ANU College of Law. 
  5. Maharg, P. (2015). Disintermediation and legal education.  British and Irish Law Education and Technology Annual Conference, University of the West of England. 
  6. Maharg, P. (2015). Digital research literacies for legal educators.  Invited workshop, staff development, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham. 
  7. Maharg, P. (2015). Legal education and primary schools: what legal educators and regulators can learn from progressive primary education.  Centre for Legal Education, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham. 
  8. Maharg, P. (2015). In conversation with David Boud.  CHELT seminar (Centre for Higher Education Learning and Teaching), ANU. 
  9. Maharg, P., Eburn, M. (2015). Blogging and academic discourse.  PEARL Centre seminar (Profession, Education and Regulation in Law). 
  10. Maharg, P. (2015). ‘Writing out loud’: blogging and the rhetoric of web thinking/writing.  Staff development seminar, Nottingham Law School.

2014

  1. Maharg, P. (2014).  The wrong story: regulation, innovation and research in the future of legal education. Law Summit, Higher Education Academy, University of Loughborough, 22-23 January 2014.
  2. Maharg, P. (2014).  The standardised client initiative: a portrait of the outsider as teacher.  14 February 2014.  University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor Programme.
  3. Maharg, P. (2014).  The wrong story: regulation, innovation and research in the future of legal education. 15 February  University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor Programme.
  4. Maharg, P. (2014).  Shared space: regulation, technology and legal education in a global context. BILETA Conference, University of East Anglia, April 15-16 2014
  5. Boylan-Kemp, J., Henderson, P., Huxley-Binns, R., Maharg, P.  (2014).  Laminated learning: social spaces, learning spaces and the design of complex legal pedagogies. Global Legal Skills Conference, Verona, 21-23 May 2014.
  6. Maharg, P. (2014).  Regulatory relationships and legal education: the case of innovation. W.G. Hart Workshop, IALS, University of London, 23-24 June 2014.
  7. Panel: Embedding Ethical Competence (Chair, Richard Devlin).  ILECT VI 2014, City University, London, 12-14 July.
  8. Maharg, P. (2014) The wrong story: legal education, ethics and shared space regulation
  9. Maharg, P. (2014) Panel: Responding to the Ethics and Values Recommendations of the Legal Education and Training Review: How? (Chair, Nigel Duncan). ILECT VI 2014, City University, London, 12-14 July.
  10. Maharg, P. (2014) Research into global legal education and ethics — challenges and essentials. ILECT VI 2014, City University, London, 12-14 July.
  11. Maharg, P. (2014) Legal education, ethics and shared space regulation.  University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning, 2014.
  12. Maharg, P. (2014) Learning from each other: global and local interdependencies.   University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning, 2014.
  13. Maharg, P. (2014) Assessment in legal education: global trends. Plenary invitation, Educating Tomorrow’s Conference: Putting Knowledge into Practice, IAALS), 18-20 September, University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
  14. Maharg, P. (2014) Convergent literacies: legal research, informatics and the future of legal education.  Melbourne Law School, 8 October 2014
  15. Maharg, P. (2014) Social Media and Legal Education Research. Invitation to speak at LERN Workshop, 5 November: ‘What’s the point if no-one knows about your research?  Embedding dissemination in research design’.
  16. Maharg, P. (2014) Standardized Client Training, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 2014.