Amanda Parker

Role

Amanda is a Lecturer at Nottingham Law School. Amanda teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Amanda teaches Law in Action and Public Law to undergraduates and is joint module leader for the Law in Practice module.

At postgraduate level, Amanda teaches criminal law and practice on the Legal Practice Course and the Solicitors Qualifying Examination preparation course. She is joint module leader for the full-time SQE 1 Criminal Law and Practice module and for the full-time SQE 2 Criminal Practice module. She is also module leader for the full-time and part-time LPC Advanced Criminal Practice elective and for the part-time LPC Advocacy module. She also teaches Criminal Litigation on the part-time LPC.

Amanda is joint co-ordinator of Nottingham Law School’s Mooter’s Guild, which enables students to develop their legal research, drafting and advocacy skills by running mooting skills workshops, and by participating in internal and external competitions.

Career overview

Amanda joined Nottingham Law School in January 2022, having previously worked as a criminal defence solicitor. She started her legal career in 1990 as an articled clerk at Nottingham law firm, Hunt Dickins, which went on to merge with Freeth Cartwright (now Freeths LLP). She transferred her articles to The Johnson Partnership, where she qualified in 1992, becoming the firm’s first female solicitor. She became a Partner in 1995 and spent nearly 30 years advising clients in police stations and representing them in the magistrates’ courts. Amanda is currently a non-practising solicitor.