Catherine Easton completed her PhD on access to the Internet, citizenship and disabled people in 2010.  Her research interests include Internet governance, domain name regulation, intellectual property, access to technology and human/computer interaction.  In 2012 Catherine was awarded an HEA international scholarship to carry out research on educational technology in the USA.

Conference Papers:

Easton, C. (2012) The digital divide and the disabled European ecitizen: The post-Lisbon future British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Conference Northumbria University 29-30 March 2012

Easton, C. (2011) Revisiting the law on website accessibility in the light of the Equality Act 2010 and the UNCRPD British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 11-12 April 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University

Russell, C. (2008) An analysis of policy in relation to technology and disability: towards a universal service model Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Manchester 19^th March

Russell, C. (2007) Online accessibility: the W3C Guidelines – a smokescreen for bad practice? Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Kent 4^th April

Russell, C. (2004) An examination of IT policy in a developing nation: case study South Africa Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Glasgow 8^th April

Russell, C. (2003) An examination of socio-legal issues surrounding access to technology Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Nottingham15^th April

Funding:

MMU Promising Research Fellow

Socio-Legal Studies Association Small Travel Grant

Other:

Drafted the SCRIPT/BILETA Response to the Government Consultation "A  Communications Review for a Digital Age" 2011:http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/research/itforesightforum/BILETA%20Communications%20Review.pdf

Organiser of the 2011 BILETA conference held at MMU: http://www.law.mmu.ac.uk/bileta/

Guest Editor of the Vol 3(1) 2012 of the European Journal of Law and Technology http://ejlt.org/index.php/ejlt/

Legal Teaching and Learning Activities

Conference Papers:

Easton, C. (2011) Embedding ever-evolving interactive clicker technology in the legal curriculum: a best practice guide British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 11-12 April 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University

Easton, C. (2009) Asking the Audience: Using Clicker Technology in Legal Education British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association Conference 21-23 April 2009, University of Winchester

Easton, C. (2009) An exploratory study into the use of interactive technology to teach law Learning in Law Association Conference Warwick University 24^th January

Funding:

BILETA Interactive Technology Grant

Institutional Teaching and Learning Fellow

HEA Discipline-based Seminar Series http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/seminars/disciplines/DW158

Other:

Presenter of CPD sessions on the use of interactive technology to teach law

Co-ordinator of the National Law Students Forum

Creator of online interactive materials for Routledge and Pearson Publishers