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"ICLS is a world class e-learning center offering an outstanding opportunity to earn a British law degree from your home or office."   The Law School Bible     The International Center for Legal Studies, LLC Suite 340 340 Cooley Street Springfield, MA 01128 Tel. 413-301-5396 Fax. 413-328-7335 email: info@legaltutors.com http://www.legaltutors.com

ICLS STAFF                                 George D. Pappas, Esq.* B.Sc. (Econ) Hons. (London School of Economics), LL.B. Hons.(London), LL.M. (Widener ), M.Phil. (Birkbeck). Executive Director & Attorney at Law: Jurisprudence, Law of Evidence, Legal Writing and Legal Research LL.B. Law Tutor since 2000. Bar Admission: Member of the North Carolina State Bar, Admitted 2003.  U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, Admitted 2003.  Member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2008).  Practice Areas: Trial Attorney: Corporate Law, Family Law (Custody, Support, Equitable Distribution, Divorce and Parent Rights), Property (Landlord-Tenant), 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.  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, External Programme In Laws (LL.B. Hon.1998); Widener University School of Law (LL.M. - Master of Laws in Corporate Law & Finance, 2000).  M.Phil/Ph.D (Cand.) Birkbeck College, University of London. Publications: Editor In Chief & Founder of The Malet Street Gazette and The Malet Street Gazette Forum since 1998.  Published in The American Banker, Countertrade-Barter Quarterly, The Courier-Post, Folio Magazine, The Greek National Herald 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;  North Carolina Bar Association 2003-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 (A.I.L.A) 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 (Pending). Mr. Pappas has also been Manager and Director for various private sector companies in the UK, Sweden and USA since 1982. *Mr. Pappas is the Authorized Recruitment Representative in North America for the University of London External System for all degree programs. 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 her 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. VICTORIA PURTILL, BA (Hons),  LL.M. (UCL, London) , ICLS Law Tutor : Equity and Trusts; Public and Administrative Law; Common Law Reasoning and other subject areas. ICLS UK MANAGER Vicky graduated in 1996 and went on to study for an LL.M. in Public Law. Whilst studying she lectured at Kensington College of Business in Criminal Justice and Constitutional and Administrative Law. After completing her studies in 1997 she went on to teach a law course at a private college in London covering a range of subjects including Contract, Criminal and Tort Law. More recently she has written revision guides for Cavendish publishing in English Legal System and Constitutional and Administrative Law. She acts as a private tutor to A’ level and Degree level students. 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 as an external student.  Immediately after qualifying I took up a lecturing post at a Higher Education Institution where I have been teaching London University External (and ILEX Level 6) students in Trusts, Succession and Study Skills.  I am also the Mooting Co-ordinator.  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 external 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   CAROL WITHEY, Barrister  B.Sc. Hon. (Bristol), LL.B. Hon. (London) ICLS Law Tutor: Criminal Law I graduated from Bristol University in 1987 - BSC honours : Sociology I then had had 10 years experience in retail management . During this time I studied for and completed the London University External LLB (2:1)  (P/T) In 1999 I was called to the Bar but because of the constraints of having a young family I decided not to practice as a barrister . Since 1999 I have been lecturing in Criminal Law and the Law of Evidence on London University’s external degree and in the same subjects at the University of Greenwich, London. I have also had several years experience tutoring on line to London University external students . In 2004 I became a registered practitioner of the Higher Education Academy. (ILTM) I am a member of the Association of Law Teachers and a member of Inner Temple. o       Biological GBH: overruling Clarence? – The New Law Journal - Lexis Nexis Butterworths - November 14th 2003 - Vol 153 No 7104 – page 1698 o       Provocation Ping Pong  who is this reasonable man? The New Law Journal - Lexis Nexis Butterworths – February 17th 2006 - Vol 156 No 7212 – page 258 o       Provocation Ping Pong  and the rules of precedent  - The New Law Journal - Lexis Nexis Butterworths – February 24th 2006 - Vol 156 No 7213 – page 299 o       The effect of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 on rape convictions  - due  for publication 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 undergraduate level at institutions such as London South Bank University, the Open University and more recently at Croydon College of Higher Education, where I currently lecture in Contract Law and Tort in respect of the University of London External LLB program and ILEX Level 6. I also have some publishing experience, having authored a Tort Suggested Solutions Book for Old Bailey Press (University of London External Examinations) and a forthcoming textbook on the General Principles of English Law. I am looking forward to working with ICLS and assisting students from further afield in their preparations for examinations in both Contract and Tort law.    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 External 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 (External) Programme 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.   PAUL FLODMAN, LL.B.(Hons), LL.M. ICLS Law Tutor: Law of Evidence LL.M.[International and European Law] - Liverpool University - awarded 1998.  Specialised in European Law particularly Competition and Intellectual Property Rights.  LL.B [Hons] - Liverpool John Moores University - awarded 1996.  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.   PHILLIP B. TAYLOR, LL.B. (Hons) (London), Barrister, Senior Law Tutor Land Law, EU Law, Criminal Law, Law of Contract, Law of Tort and Public Law Mr. Taylor teaches all core LL.B. Subjects.  Education: He 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. Mr. Taylor is also the Barrister Desk editor for The Malet Street Gazette Forum.   RICHARD PRESSMAN, Esq. Law Tutor - Contracts (United States) Attorney at Law Admitted to bar Pennsylvania and New Jersey 1991; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1991, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.  Education: London School of Economics; Columbia University (B.A. 1983); Rutgers University, Newark; University of Pennsylvania (J.D. cum laude, 1990).  Member Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Association; National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, Practice Areas: Commercial litigation, Real Estate; Landlord and Tenant Law; Condominium Association Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Estate Planning; Trust Law; Elder Law; Living Wills: Estate Administration: Probate; Personal Injury: Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Bankruptcy.

 

 

ICLS LL.B. Revision Weekend

I recently attended ICLS's review weekend with respect to my first year examinations for the University of London's LL.B. External Programme. 
 
I feel that the review sessions provided me with an overall sense of much needed focus as I move into the final phase of my revision prior to the upcoming examinations. 
 
Thank you ICLS for putting together such an invaluable review weekend."

Nader Abdelnour ICLS Student

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"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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