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ICLS STAFF & GUEST LECTURERS   George D. Pappas, Esq.* B.Sc. (Econ) Hons. (London School of Economics, LL.B. Hons. (London), LL.M. (Widener ), Ph.D. (Cand., Birkbeck). Executive Director & Attorney at Law: Jurisprudence, International Protection of Human Rights & Legal Writing and Legal Research. LL.B. Law Tutor since 2000. Bar Admission: The North Carolina State Bar; The Cherokee Supreme Court (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians); U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; The Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and The United States Supreme Court. Practice Areas: Law Firm of George D. Pappas, Esq., P.C. Trial Attorney, Corporate Law, Family Law (Custody, Support, Equitable Distribution, Divorce and Parent Rights), Legal Education, Criminal Defense (NC District & Superior Court), NC Administrative Law (NC Industrial Commission), Criminal Defense (North Carolina 26th Judicial District Public Defender Attorney Panel: Criminal, (Juvenile & Parent), Contract, Entertainment Law,  & US Immigration Law.  Education: Columbia University; Lake Forest College; The London School of Economics & Political Science, The University of London B.Sc. (Econ) Hon. - 1982 (Special Subject: Monetary Economics); The University of London, International Programmes In Laws (LL.B. Hon.1998); Widener University School of Law (LL.M. - Master of Laws in Corporate Law & Finance, 2000) and Ph.D (Cand.) Birkbeck College, University of London. Publications: Published in The American Banker, Countertrade-Barter Quarterly, The Courier-Post, Folio Magazine, The Greek National Herald, Asheville-Citizen Times and The Malet Street Gazette.  Associations: International Bar Association (I.B.A), London, England - 1999-2004; American Bar Association (A.B.A) Section on Legal Education & Bar Admissions 2007-Present, ABA Member 2003-Present;   American Inns of Court (Bobbitt Inn, Charlotte, NC) 2003-2007: Mecklenburg Country Bar (Section on Family Law) Association 2003-2005; North Carolina 26th Judicial District Indigent Defense Attorney Panel 2003-Present; Mecklenburg County Immigration Law Section 2007 - Present;  Mecklenburg County Lawyers Referral Service (Co-Chair 2005-2006; Panel Member 2003-Present); Pro Bono Attorney (Children's Law Center, Charlotte, NC) 2003-2006; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) 2006- Present, and U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrant Children (Washington, D.C.) 2006-Present.  Hampden County (MA) Bar Association (2009); MA Board of Bar Overseers (2008-Present); 28th Judicial District, North Carolina 2011-Present. Mr. Pappas was Manager and Director for various private sector companies in the UK, Sweden and USA between 1982 and 2000. *Mr. Pappas has been the Authorized Representative in North America for the University of London International Programmes for all degrees since 2004. ELLEN P. PAPPAS DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS & MARKETING     Ellen has over twenty years of experience in law firms as a legal researcher, legal secretary, legal assistant and legal administrator, in prestigious law firms in New York City including but not limited to Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon and Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler.  Her experience encompasses civil litigation, matrimonial, international law and bankruptcy law.  Ellen also brings to ICLS her marketing and training background from her Real Property experience and tenure as the Director of Contact Community Teenline, a Teen Crisis hotline.  Ellen has directed the ICLS Admissions and Marketing departments since the founding of ICLS.   ALEXANDER J. PAPPAS, BA (GOLDSMITHS), MA (KING'S COLLEGE), University of London   Admissions, Data Platform Manager     Alexander read English (BA Honours) at Goldsmiths, University of London and recently completed his MA in Early Modern English Literature at Kings College, University of London, UK.   In 2007 Alexander worked as a Legal Archivist at the Mecklenburg County Bar Association in Charlotte, North Carolina. Alexander's duties were numerous, although his main responsibilities were database creation and digitizing the existing archives. In 2012 Alexander undertook a unique internship at the British Library. Alexander helped to edit the ISTC database (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) and researched historical materials on 19th century trade societies.  Most recently in 2010, Alexander represented ICLS at the University of London Providers Conference in London and planned several ICLS events in North America.   TRACIE SCOTT, BA, LL.B, LL.M., Ph.D. (Law) - ICLS TUTOR MANAGER LAW TUTOR: CRIMINAL LAW, LAW OF CONTRACT & EU LAW Tracie Scott, originally from the town of Hythe in Alberta, Canada completed her BA in English and History before attending law school at the University of Alberta. After graduating with her law degree she completed a LLM at the University of Alberta. She was awarded a scholarship to continue her studies at Birkbeck College, University of London where she completed her PhD. Tracie then returned to Alberta to become a member of the Law Society of Alberta. Tracie practiced law in different areas while working for the Government of Canada, Department of Justice including tax law, tort law, contract law, criminal law, administrative law, and aboriginal law. Tracie published her first book im 2012 entitled Postcolonial Sovereignty.   NATALIE SWEENEY, LL.B.(HONS)., ICLS LAW TUTOR LAW OF TRUSTS I enjoyed a short career in the Metropolitan Police Service before leaving to start a family.  With young children and as part-time Dental Practice Manager for my husband, I completed the LL.B. (Hons) with London University International Programmes.  Immediately after qualifying I took up a lecturing post at a Higher Education Institution where I have been teaching London University International Programmes (and ILEX Level 6) students in Trusts, Succession and Study Skills.  I am also the Mooting Coordinator.  I have just successfully finished the first year of a two-year teaching qualification.  I will then be studying for an LLM specialising in Equity & Trusts and I am a member of the Society of Legal Scholars. In my spare time I enjoy tennis and skiing and am training for my first triathlon.   DEBBIE CHAY LL.B Hons (London), M.A Socio-legal Studies (Brunel) If asked, I usually blame growing up in Papua New Guinea during the 1960’s, compounded by my days spent as a law student at the London School of Economics in the 1970’s, for the development of my unhealthy interest in politics generally and public law more specifically. Apparently I surprised no-one when I abandoned a promising career in corporate law in favour of academia and working with NGOs. The establishment of *Charter 88 coincided with my first full-time position as a lecturer-in-law. Although I loved teaching, (and still do), it was never quite enough. I wanted to be directly involved in my own subject matter – helping to shape and bring about the enactment of a Human Rights Act and  to take part in drafting and promoting legislation such as the War Powers Bill and the Sustainable Communities Act. For that reason I joined a local group and got myself elected to the Council of Charter 88 as the London representative. I soon discovered that campaigning for more limited, representative and accountable government in the United Kingdom was a very useful complement to my “day job” as a lecturer in both Constitutional and European law. From 1994-2006, I produced educational materials and wrote a number of articles on behalf of Charter 88 and other NGOs such as Operation Black Vote and No2ID. Most of these can still be accessed on the internet. (e.g. see below). From 2001-2003 I represented Charter 88 on the Human Rights Advisory Committee set up by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, (now the Department for Constitutional Affairs), and in 2004 I was elected Chair of Charter 88.   For the last two years, work and other commitments have dictated that I spend part of each year in Australia. Consequently, I resigned as Chair of Charter 88 in 2006, although I continued as Vice-Chair of both Charter 88 and No2ID for a further two years. For eight months of the year I continue to lecture “face to face” (i.e. by the more traditional methods), in Contract law, European Law and Public law at Brunel University and a number of institutions that offer support to International Programmes students of London University. Thanks to the internet I am also able to continue campaigning and teaching law for the remaining four months, albeit remotely, whilst providing in-house training for law firms, commercial and government enterprises, and NGOs. ( *the pressure group lobbying for constitutional reform, described by the UK Telegraph as “the most successful pressure group of the 1990’s”)  Memorandum from Charter 88 on the need for A Human Rights Commission for the UK http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200102/jtselect/jtrights/160/160ap10.htm Parliamentary Sovereignty A UK Constitution for the 21st Century http://www.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/0609con.pdf   o       SIMON COATES, LL.B.(Hon), LPC* ICLS Law Tutor - Law of Contract and Law of Tort. *Distinction I first studied law as a mature student, having spent my early professional life as a musician! I graduated from London South Bank University with a good Upper Second Class Degree in the early 1990s and went on to achieve a Distinction on the Legal Practice Course (the vocational course for intending solicitors) shortly afterwards at the College of Law in London. I ultimately decided to pursue a career as a lecturer in law, having gained some teaching experience during my studies, and practical experience as an Employment Law Specialist during the period immediately after. In recent years, I have acquired extensive experience teaching law at an undergraduate level at institutions such as London South Bank University, the Open University and more recently at Croydon College of Higher Education.   TRACY E. HARRIS (Hons.) PGCE (PCET) ICLS Law Tutor: Land Law Until I had my children I had worked for 10 years as an Air Traffic Control Officer, firstly at a busy international airport and then at an experimental and test aerodrome for a military aircraft manufacturer. I gave this up and decided to study law to keep my brain active. After 4 years as an International Programmes student of London University I graduated and was immediately given a job teaching the University of London LL.B. I found that I loved teaching and continued studying to gain a teaching qualification.  I have been teaching students on the London University International Programmes both at a traditional institution in the UK and online for several years now and although I am just about to start a 2 year sabbatical living in Spain, I am looking forward to working for ICLS. Lecturer in International and European Law, International and European Human Rights, Intellectual Property Rights, European and UK Competition Law, English Criminal Law, Media Law and Laws of Evidence.  Specialised in European and International Law, Company Law and European Competition Law.   Public Law, Common Law Reasoning & Criminal Law Guest Lectures* Produced: by Adam Gearey, Phillip Taylor, Victoria Purtill & Carol Whitey *Copyright (c) International Center for Legal Studies   Dr. ADAM GEAREY is Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London.   PHILLIP B. TAYLOR, LL.B. (Hons) (London), Barrister, Senior Law Tutor   Mr. Taylor was awarded his LL.B from the University of London in 1989. Practice: Mr. Taylor has been a practicing Barrister since being called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1991. A member of Lincoln’s Inn in London, Mr. Taylor has also taught subjects for the LL.B degree for over 10 years with The National Extension College, and currently is Associate Tutor with The Open University in England.   VICTORIA PURTILL, BA (Hons), LL.M. (UCL, London) Vicky graduated in 1996 and went on to study for an LL.M. in Public Law.  Mrs. Putill successfully completed the University of London Teaching Portfolio on behalf of the International Center for Legal Studies in 2008 - The only institution outside the United Kingdom to complete the portfolio.

 

 

Message From The Dean  University of London International Programmes

ICLS Executive Director Sworn Into U.S. Supreme Court

2012 ICLS Graduate

"Through ICLS I was able to accomplish what many struggle to do alone - get my LLB from UOL International Programmes. The help and guidance I received from actual University of London tutors was what made this possible. Anyone thinking about pursuing a degree with UoL should consider ICLS. The inability to properly answer exam questions is the most common cause of failure and ICLS provides what the University cannot - feedback and criticism of writing technique when attempting an examination question. The lectures are also an asset to anyone who struggles to read and retain an abundance of reading material. Thanks to ICLS I am now a UOL graduate, and couldn't be prouder!"

Alexx Allen - Chattanooga, TN USA

2012 ICLS and UoL LL.B. Graduate

"You have made it much easier for me to begin revising for my examinations in June.  I know that it must have been an exhausting weekend, and appreciate your efforts all the more!  Your written material is excellent, and will assist me in organizing my studies.  I hope to have the pleasure of participating in a weekend next year..."

Wendy Gaonac'h  ICLS Review Weekend 2007 Student

ICLS Writing Workshop Equips Students

"I just wanted to say Thank You to you and your team for executing such a productive weekend...  Saturday was very intensive and by the end of the writing session I felt confident in myself, as I learned the techniques only ICLS could have taught. I now know what the examiners are looking for and most of all I understand how to organize the vast information I have per subject. You were organized, enthusiastic and addressed relevant issues. I am looking forward to the March Seminar. Thank you once again."

A. Hussain

ICLS (Second Year) Student 2007

e-LEARNING TAKEN TO NEW HEIGHTS AT ICLS

August 7, 2006: ICLS  launched its new e-learning platform September 1, 2006.  According to George Pappas ICLS Executive Director, "ICLS has developed an e-learning platform unseen by the LL.B. learning community. Our students world wide will benefit significantly from this latest innovation.  Our continued focus on value remains undiminished." 

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ICLS INTEGRATES LIVE CLASSES

June 2006: ICLS provides live face to face legal writing workshops and selected LL.B. revision courses in addition to it's online legal programme. 

According to George Pappas, ICLS Executive Director, "ICLS will provide expanded teaching without any additional cost to ICLS students.  ICLS is going to do whatever it takes to increase the value of it's legal program.  We're excited about supporting our online programme with brick and mortar learning.  What's great about this development is that all ICLS students world wide will benefit since similarly registered ICLS students will receive the same review materials from any live workshops at no additional cost."

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