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Find out more about our research related to the virtual courtroom
The Open Justice Centre team also engage in academic research related to the virtual courtroom and other legal technology projects.
ChatGPT and the future of legal education and practice. The Law Teacher, 57(3), pp. 352-364.
Ajevski, Marjan, Barker, Kim, Gilbert, Andrew, Hardie, Liz Hardie & Ryan, Francine (2023).
Does it pay to represent yourself in court? The Law Society Gazette
Ryan, Francine (2022).
A realist evaluation of student use of a virtual reality smartphone application in undergraduate legal education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(2) pp. 572–589.
Mcfaul, Hugh and FitzGerald, Elizabeth (2020).
Open University academics and staff contributed a chapter to: Teaching Legal Education in the Digital Age: Pedagogical Practices to (routledge.com)
Emma Jones, Francine Ryan, Hugh McFaul, David Vince, Lawrence Kizilkaya and Jamie Daniels (2023). Chapter 3 Using virtual reality to enhance the law school curriculum.
Open Justice Centre Director Francine Ryan together with Professor Stephanie Pywell contributed to the following BBC Ideas short film. It was accompanied by an article Does it pay to represent yourself in court? in The Law Society Gazette. The virtual courtroom is designed to potentially support litigants in person.