Arwen Joyce

I joined Leicester Law School as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in September 2017 and took up a lectureship in January 2021. I previously practiced law with Linklaters LLP in London and Singapore and lectured at Singapore Management University. I received a BA from the University of Virginia, a JD cum laude from Georgetown University, an LLM with merit from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Law from the University of Leicester. I am a non-practicing member of the New York Bar and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

My research interests include migration law, labour law and legal education. My doctoral thesis analysed the legal structure of temporary migrant worker programmes and implications for low wage temporary migrant workers’ rights with a focus on East and Southeast Asia.

Education

• Master of Laws (LLM) The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2016 — 2017)
• Doctor of Law (JD) Georgetown University Law Center (2002 — 2006)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of Virginia (1997 — 2001)

Awards

Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Funding: £2,460 (May 2022) Funded research exchange to the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Invited Speaker: 'Impact of the pandemic on migration', Panel on Migration in Changing Times, 2020 Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (December 2020)

Modern Law Review Seminar Fund: £1,591 (Jan 2020) With Professor Bernard Ryan. Funding to host a one-day workshop at the University of Leicester titled 'Migration and Exploitation in Employment: Concepts, Designs and Responses'.

Association of Law Teachers Research Grant: £1,000 (Aug 2019) With Vicki Ball and Charlotte Mills. Funding to carry out empirical research on effective law tutorial delivery and disseminate results.

Chris Gale Memorial Prize for Best Joint Paper: £250 (Apr 2019) With Vicki Ball and Charlotte Mills. Awarded for the best joint paper presented at the Association of Law Teachers Conference 2019.

Publications

Victoria Ball and Arwen Joyce, 'A Teaching Best Practice Guide for Early Career Academics in UK Law Schools Grounded in the Student Voice' (2022) 3 European Journal of Legal Education 69.

Arwen Joyce, Becoming a critical thinker (2021) 55 The Law Teacher 559.

Victoria Ball, Arwen Joyce and Charlotte Mills, '"They Just Have More of a Vibe of Being 'One of Us'": Undergraduate Law Student Perceptions of PhD Tutors' (2020) 54 The Law Teacher 327.

Arwen Joyce, 'Working Across Borders: The Limits of Labour Law for Low-Wage Temporary Migrant Workers' (2019) 5 Revista Estudos Institucionais 699.

Tamar Ezer, Arwen Joyce, Priscila McCalley and Neil Pacamalan, 'Protecting Women's Human Rights: A Case Study in the Philippines' (2011) 18 [3] Human Rights Brief 21.

Arwen Joyce and Tracye Winfrey, 'Taming the Red Dragon: A Realistic Assessment of the ABA's Legal Reform Efforts in China' (2004) 17 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 887.