Rachel joined Warwick Law School in 2023. Prior to this, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Exeter Law School from 2019-2023. Rachel holds a PhD and a LLB (Hons) from Warwick Law School and is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021). Rachel has won numerous prestigious awards including a Queen Mother Scholarship from the Honourable Society of Middle Temple Inn (2013) and a Diversity Access Scholarship from the Law Society (2013).

UG Modules

• LA248-15 Property Law
• LA251-15 Contemporary Perspectives on Property
• LA359-15 Family Law

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD supervisees. However, please ensure that you have a research proposal which corresponds with the University of Warwick School of Law requirements.

I particularly welcome PhD supervision enquiries in any of my areas of research including:

• Child law
• Legal history
• Child protection
• State interference within the family

• The Times, 'Lawyers question their careers' February 2, 2023.
• Poverty Research Group, Clements Hall Local History Group, 'York Waifs and Strays: from workhouse to boarding-out 1879-83'.
• Legal History Blog, 'Pimm-Smith on education and parental rights under the Poor Law' February 27, 2020.