Dr Kate Fernandez

Overview

Dr Kate Fernandez is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The City Law School.      After obtaining a PhD in Contract Law from Lancaster University, Kate practiced in the area of Commercial Dispute Resolution at the London office of Cripps LLP before returning to academia in 2022. Prior to joining City, Kate was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton where she led the undergraduate Contract Law module as well as the Law School’s professional practice-focused module.     Kate’s teaching experience covers contract law, law of torts, corporate and business law, and legal skills such as mediation and negotiation. She applies a blended academic / professional skills focus to her teaching. At The City Law School, her teaching experience covers the modules of Foundations of Legal Analysis, Professional Legal Practice and GELLB Contract Law. She also leads the client interviewing extra-curricular activity.      During her PhD, Kate’s research focused on contract law and legal history; her thesis explored the voidability of contracts in the long eighteenth century and the rationale behind rules of voidability across three areas: illegality, immorality and incapacity. This research formed the basis of a co-authored 2020 Journal of Contract Law article, ‘Infants' Contracts: Law and Policy in the 18th and 19th Centuries’. Since returning to academia, Kate’s area of interest has been legal pedagogy, specifically the use of game-based learning to teach law. Her latest article, published in The Law Teacher, titled ‘Utilising Game-Based Learning in First Year Undergraduate Contract Law’ explores the use of traditional games such as crosswords and Pictionary, to teach law. Her 2026 book chapter, 'Using traditional games to teach first year law students', (How to Apply Game-Based Learning in Legal Education, edited by S. Montagu-Cairns, C. Newbury-Jones and D. Yuratich, published by Edward Elgar), addresses how such games can be incorporated more broadly into legal education.  

Qualifications

• PhD, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, September 2014 - June 2018
• LLB, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, October 2011 - July 2014
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom

Employment

• Senior Lecturer in Law, City St. George's, University of London, United Kingdom, November 2025 - present
• Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, September 2023 - October 2025
• Lecturer in Law, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, September 2022 - September 2023
• Associate (Commercial Dispute Resolution), Cripps LLP, United Kingdom, September 2021 - June 2022

Fellowships

• Higher Education Academy

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