Teaching ’employee status’
The reflections in this post follow on from my Teaching through BSL post and are drawn from my teaching of Employment Law.
Research engagement with the Welsh deaf community
A new Action Plan and Research Toolkit designed to help researchers meaningfully engage with deaf communities in Wales has been published.
New funding to ground Deaf Legal Theory in Ghana
I’ve secured new funding for Grounding Deaf Legal Theory (DLT) in Ghana.
Co-producing the Deaf Legal Theory Model
The Co-Producing the Deaf Legal Theory Model project wrapped up in February 2025.
Teaching through BSL
Teaching through a third party does not simply require accommodation; it exposes hidden assumptions about how teaching, assessment, and learning are designed.
Final call for abstracts
This post is a reminder of the ongoing call for abstracts for the exciting edited volume, Developing Deaf Legal Theory.
Call for contributions to edited volume
Rob Wilks and Dai O’Brien would like to invite contributions from both legal and non-legal scholars exposing areas of law as they relate to deaf people and Deaf communities.
The BDA’s BSL Audit: what should do the Welsh Government do next?
Advice for the Welsh Government following the publication of the British Deaf Association’s BSL audit.
Deaf education
For a number of years, I have been working on a deaf education project with Rachel O’Neill at the University of Edinburgh.
Deaf legal theory
Deaf legal theory is a somewhat new concept in legal jurisprudence. What is it all about?
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