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Amel Alghrani

Professor Amel Alghrani
LLB, MA, PhD, Barrister (non-practising)

Professional Activities

Selected Professional Activities

Editorship

  • Medical Law International (Co- Editor alongside Dr Paula Case and Professor Marie Fox, 2018 - present) (Editorship)

Examination Role

  • University of Liverpool, PhD Examination and Viva (2023) (Examination Role)
  • University of Manchester, PhD Examination and Viva (2023) (Examination Role)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD Examination and Viva (2023) (Examination Role)
  • University of Melbourne, PhD Examination (2022) (Examination Role)
  • University of Glasgow, LLB (Medical Law) (UG, 2019 - 2021) (Examination Role)
  • University of Kent, PhD (2019) (Examination Role)
  • University of Sussex, External Examiner on the undergraduate Family Law and Healthcare Law modules (2017) (Examination Role)
  • University of Oxford, External Examiner on MPhil Thesis on Ectogenesis (2017) (Examination Role)
  • University of Worcester, External Adviser on development of new programmes: LLM Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · MSc Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGDip Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGCert Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · Postgraduate Award Professional Development Expert Witness · LLM Legal Practice (top-up) (2016) (Examination Role)

Conference Roles

  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How effective are legal mechanisms challenging permanent exclusions of pupils, particularly pupils with SEN’
  • Surface Pressures: Academia and Caring Commitments, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Keele University)
  • Uterine Transplantation: Legal and Regulatory Issues, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 2023)
  • ‘Regulating Novel Reproductive Technologies’, by Invitation (London, 2023)
  • Gross negligence manslaughter – are BAME doctors disproportionally impacted?, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2023)
  • Legal and regulatory challenges of regulating ectogenesis/ ectogenic research, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Hôpital Civil de Charleroi, 2023)
  • Regulating reproduction: Righting reproductive wrongs, by Invitation (University of Manchester, 2023)

Editorships

  • Medical Law International (Co- Editor alongside Dr Paula Case and Professor Marie Fox, 2018 - present)
  • Medical Law Review (Guest Chief Editor for a special issue on The Mental Capacity Act: Ten Years On, 2016 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Liverpool, PhD Examination and Viva (2023)
  • University of Manchester, PhD Examination and Viva (2023)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD Examination and Viva (2023)
  • University of Melbourne, PhD Examination (2022)
  • University of Glasgow, LLB (Medical Law) (UG, 2019 - 2021)
  • University of Kent, PhD (2019)
  • University of Sussex, External Examiner on the undergraduate Family Law and Healthcare Law modules (2017)
  • University of Oxford, External Examiner on MPhil Thesis on Ectogenesis (2017)
  • University of Worcester, External Adviser on development of new programmes: LLM Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · MSc Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGDip Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · PGCert Law and Ethics for Health and Social Care · Postgraduate Award Professional Development Expert Witness · LLM Legal Practice (top-up) (2016)
  • University of Sussex, External Examiner on the Pre Masters in Law Programme (2013)
  • University of Liverpool, External Examiner on a number of core and undergraduate law modules (such as Tort and Medical Law) (2012)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Alder Hey Hospital (2017 - 2022)
  • Liverpool Womens Hospital (2014 - 2017)
  • European Network for Cancer research in Children and Adolescents (2013 - 2015)

Professional Body Memberships

  • The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) (Member , 2008 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Associate Dean (Education)
  • Member of the SLSJ Senior Management Team
  • Director of the Health Law & Regulation Unit
  • Member of the University’s Board of Discipline
  • Senior Tutor (2013-2017)