Melissa Hardee, Solicitor, BA (Hons), LLB was training partner at CMS Cameron McKenna and then Director of the Legal Practice Course at City University’s Inns of Court School of Law, before setting up international consultancy, Hardee Consulting, in 2008. Melissa has long been involved in legal education as chair of representative professional and education bodies, and as a member of regulatory committees and working groups, as well as validation panels in England, Wales and Scotland for the various stages of legal education.
Current appointments:
- President, The City of Westminster & Holborn Law Society
- Chairman of the Education & Training Committee, The City of Westminster & Holborn Law Society
- External Member, Academic Board of The College of Law
- Academic Associate, The Higher Education Academy
- Member of the SRA Legal Practice Course Validation Panel
- Member of the Law Society of Scotland (LSS) Foundation and PEAT 1 Accreditation Panel
- Member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Legal Education Committee
- Trustee of the Friends of the University of Sydney UK Trust
- Member of the Council of the University of Sydney UK Alumni Association
Past appointments:
- Member of the Joint Academic Stage Board (JASB)
- Member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Education & Training Committee
- Member of the SRA Qualified Lawyers’ Transfer Regulations Review Group
- Member of the Lord Chancellor’s Standing Conference on Legal Education (formerly ACLEC)
- Founder and Chairman of the Association of LPC Providers (ALP)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE)
- Member of the LSS Accreditation Panel for the Diploma in Legal Practice
- Member of the Law Society Training Framework Review Group
- President of the University of Sydney UK Alumni Association
- Chairman of the City of London Law Society Training Sub-Committee
- External Examiner, Postgraduate Diploma in Know-How Management, Nottingham Law School
- Member of the City University Institute of Law Advisory Board
- Member of the Inns of Court School of Law Legal Practice Course Advisory Board
- Chairman of the Law Society Management Development Review Group
- Member of the Law Society Training Committee
- Chairman of the UK Legal Education and Training Group (LETG)
- Member of the Board of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals
- Chairman of the Banking and Finance Commission, L’Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)