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Dr Ellen Gordon-Bouvier
Senior Lecturer
Law School
Ellen joined Exeter in November 2022, having previously taught at Oxford Brookes University. Her research interests focus around family law and its intersections with property and trusts law. Ellen's PhD research, which was completed at the University of Birmingham in 2018, examined how cohabitants are rendered vulnerable by the absence of legal protection in English law. Her first monograph 'Relational Vulnerability: Theory, Law and the Private Family' was published in 2020 as part of the highly regarded Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies series. Ellen has also published her research in various peer-reviewed journals and edited collections.
Ellen has a background as a solicitor and maintains various links to the legal profession, including being a long-standing committee member of the Family Law Committee. At Oxford Brookes University, she led the national pro-bono project, CLOCK, which trained students to provide assistance to unrepresented litigants at court and developed effective working relationships with the local judiciary and practitioners.
Ellen is local to Devon and grew up in Totnes and attended school in the area. She is committed to ensuring that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are able to access higher education.
Ellen has a background as a solicitor and maintains various links to the legal profession, including being a long-standing committee member of the Family Law Committee. At Oxford Brookes University, she led the national pro-bono project, CLOCK, which trained students to provide assistance to unrepresented litigants at court and developed effective working relationships with the local judiciary and practitioners.
Ellen has extensive experience of teaching on a range of modules, including Family Law, Land Law, and Equity and Trusts. She is passionate about ensuring that these subjects are made accessible and interesting to students.
Research supervision:
Ellen is currently supervising PhD students. She welcomes approaches from any potential PhD students with an interest in family law, financial provision, family property, vulnerability theory and feminist approaches to law, or any other topic that broadly aligns with her own research interests.
