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Ffyon Reilly is a Senior Lecturer at City University.
Ffyon Reilly is a Senior Lecturer at City Law School, City University of London.
Ffyon’ s academic background includes degrees in History, Law, and an LLM from the University of Cambridge. Her interests lie in the law of information, labour law, equality and social justice, clinical legal education, legal research, and pedagogy,
Ffyon was called to the Bar and practiced as a criminal practitioner before taking a career break to raise her family. She began her career at City as a visiting lecturer and retains a door tenancy in Chambers. Ffyon became a full-time member of staff in 2019.
Ffyon has taught on a variety of substantive modules on the Bar Course, specialising in Advocacy. Ffyon teaches on the Fraud, Employment, and Family electives.
She designed and now runs the two BVS LLM modules and supervises LLM students in employment, crime, and public law. She designed the LLM in clinical legal education, creating a master’s level clinical legal education programme that allows bar students to volunteer with project partners including, the Free Representation Unit FRU | Free Representation Unit (thefru.org.uk), Appeal, and SEQUENTUS – pro bono opportunities and qualifying work experience – pro bono, qualifying work experience and legal education
Ffyon is committed to widening access to the Bar and supports and mentors’ students via PAS and assists with bridging the bar.
Ffyon is a member of Advocate and FRU and has served Employment clients via these agencies and via City University Pro Bono Employment Law Clinics. During lockdown, Ffyon designed and delivered a new suite of virtual and hybrid clinics and served over 300 clients in need.
Ffyon is currently an elected Health and Safety representative of City, University of London UCU (University & College Union). She is a qualified civil mediator with the London School of Mediation and has a certificate in workplace mediation with the same. Ffyon is a member of the City Law School Legal Technology Strategy Group, runs the Pupillage Advisory Service Pupillage Advisory Service • City, University of London, and sits on Academic Misconduct Panels at school and university level.
Memberships of professional organisations
Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association
Employment Lawyers Association ELA
Industrial Law Society
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
CLIO Clinical Legal Education Organisation
The Society of Legal Scholars
Postgraduate training
- LLM, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom