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Dr Maribel Canto-Lopez

Associate Professor

Maribel Canto-Lopez

School/Department: Leicester Law School

Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 2463

Email: maribel.canto@le.ac.uk

Profile

I joined the School of law as a lecturer in September 2014 and was a university tutor before this whilst working on my PhD. I was awarded the University of Leicester anniversary acholarship in 2008 and the Doctoral Prize by the College of Arts, Humanities and Law (University of Leicester) in 2013.
 

Research

  • I actively pursue pedagogic and academic research.
  • Pedagogy Research into Legal Skills Development
  • Utilities Regulation and Consumer Protection
 

Publications

  • Canto-Lopez M with Bansal D, 'Editorial: Assessment in legal education' (2025) 59(3)The Law Teacher 303-313. doi:10.1080/03069400.2025.2542002
  • Canto-Lopez M with Bansal D and Guth J (eds), 'Rethinking Assessment in Legal Education: Global Perspectives on Innovation, Inclusion, and Integrity' (2025) 59(3) The Law Teacher 303-476
  • Canto-Lopez M, ‘Starting your Pedagogical Research’, in ‘Early Career Legal Academia – An Interactive Guide’ (eds. Giles C and McGuirk N. (2025), pp 25-30
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2025). Law Students’ Perceptions on a Professional Writing Activity: Inclusivity and the Changing Concept of Employability, Revista Jurídica de Investigación e Innovación Educativa (REJIE Nueva Época), 32(2025) 26 Jun 2025  doi:10.24310/rejie.32.2025.21828
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2025). First year law students' perceptions on joining university: skills, employment and socio-economic realities in the new higher education landscape, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 36 15 Jun 2025  doi:10.47408/jldhe.vi36.1373
  • Bansal, D., Canto-Lopez, M. & Hobson, C. (2025).  The role and impact of relying on digital technologies in contemporary legal education: an empirical study, European Journal of Legal Education, 6(2) (Journal article)
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2025). Digitalisation of the transport sector in the UK, In Digitalizacion del sector publico al servicio de la neutralidad climatica. Atelier 08 Apr 2025 (Chapter)  doi:10.71237/C92BNwiv
  • Canto-Lopez M., Joyce A., and Papadopoulou N., 'Legal Skills for Citizens of Change Conference at University of Leicester explores legal skills from multiple perspectives' (2023) Association of Law Teachers Blogt http://lawteacher.ac.uk/alt-blog-2/.
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2023). Digital poverty as a barrier to transport accessibility and social equality. In Transicion energetica y digital justa en el ambito de los transportes (1st edition ed., pp. 163-210). Aranzadi - Dykinson.
  • Canto-Lopez, Maria (2022). What are law teachers for? Finding ways to introduce law teachers’ voices through the TEF in the ever-changing HE sector in England, in Dunn, R. Maharg, P. and Roper, V (ed) What is Legal Education for? Reassessing the Purposes of Early Twenty-First Century Learning and Law Schools.  
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2020). Politicas, Regulacion y Control de los Servicios Urbanos del Agua en el Reino Unido. In El Control de la Colaboracion Privada en la Gestion de los Servicios Urbanos del Agua (pp. 311-332). Tirant lo Blanch. 
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2020). Introducing Group Work and Professional Writing in a British Law School: A practical Assignment and Students’ perception inside the Liberal v Vocational Law Degree Dichotomy, Revista Jurídica de Investigación e Innovación Educativa, 22(1), 73-96.  doi:10.24310/REJIE.2020.v0i22.7906 
  • Canto-Lopez, M., Amos, M., & Jensen Reventlow, N. (2019). Ruusunen v Findland. In Feminist Judgments in International Law (pp. 27 pages). Hart Publishing. 
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2018). New challenges in the UK legal Education Landscape: TEF, SQE and the Law Teacher. Revista Juridica de Investigacion e Innovacion Educativa, volume 18 (June), 11-30.  doi:10.24310/REJIE.2018.v0i18.5054 
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2018). New tendencies in enforcement by public regulators in the UK: voluntary redress and consumers in the energy sector. In Servicios de interes general y proteccion de los usuarios (pp. 315-335). Dykinson. 
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2016). Ofgem's Recent Trends in Enforcement: Settlements, Redress and the Consumer's Interest. Utilities Law Review, Volume 12(2), 66-71. 
  • Watkins, D., & Canto-Lopez, M. (2016). Working with law students to develop legal literacy materials. LAW TEACHER, 50(2), 195-208. doi:10.1080/03069400.2015.1064668 
  • Canto-Lopez, M. (2014). Towards Dual or Multiple Attribution: The Strasbourg Court and Liability of Contracting Parties’ Troops Contributed to the United Nations, International Organizations Law Review, 10 (2) 193-222. 
 

Teaching

  • Law of Tort (module convenor)
  • Analysing the the English Legal System

Awards

  • January 2020, Prize for the book Feminist Judgements in International Law (I co-authored one chapter) for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship by the American Society of International Law.
  • November 2019, People Champion in the Discovering Excellence Staff Awards
  • July 2019, University Distinguished Teaching Fellow
  • June 2018, Merit Award for Teaching and Research, University of Leicester
  • March 2018, Named Inspirational Woman, University of Leicester
  • December 2013, Awarded the Doctoral Prize by the College of Arts, Humanities and Law, University of Leicester
  • September 2008, Awarded the University of Leicester Anniversary Scholarship (1 of 2 scholarships awarded in Law)
 

Qualifications

Licenciado (Universidad de Malaga), LLM (Leicester), PhD (Leicester), PG Cert Academic Practice, Senior Fellow HEA

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