Faculty:Faculty of Business and Law
School:Economics, Finance and Law
Location: Cambridge
Areas of Expertise: Legal method/skills , Law , Family law , Comparative law
Research Supervision:Yes
A former solicitor in private practice, Ellen now teaches Legal Method and Skills, Family Law and Child Law in Cambridge.
Ellen grew up in France and then returned to London to study LLB Law, French law and French language. She volunteered at Ealing law clinic as a student and went on to do an LPC at the College of law, Store Street. She finally got a training contract in a large firm in Cambridge specialising in family law and legal aid work. She was admitted as a solicitor in August 1999.
Ellen then worked as a solicitor, doing a lot of her own advocacy. She took a break from law after starting a family but has recently assisted in actions for an occupation order, private childcare issues, a couple of divorces and given evidence in an action under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Ellen enjoys the mental discipline of law, picking apart arguments, solving problems and helping people understand law.