Emma Handslip

Emma Handslip is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England (UWE), specializing in Criminal Law and Practice. With over 19 years of post-qualification experience as a Solicitor (accredited since March 2006), she brings practical expertise to her academic role. Her responsibilities include:

• Programme Lead for the Barrister's Training Course
• Module Lead for Criminal Procedure, Criminal Litigation, and Advanced Criminal Litigation on the Solicitor's Training Course and LLM program
• Teaching criminal law modules on both postgraduate professional law courses (Barrister's Training Course and Solicitor's Training Course)

Her professional background includes:

• Extensive experience as a Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• Work as a Criminal Defence Solicitor in both Magistrates and Crown Courts
• Accreditations: Police Station Representatives Accreditation (since June 2016), Criminal Higher Rights of Audience (since January 2017)