Elaine joined ֲýƵ in 2011, having graduated from Hull University with a first class LLB (Hons) degree and worked in practice as a commercial & intellectual property solicitor. Within five years, she was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and won Law Teacher of the Year.
She specialises in contemporary research methods, including experimental narrative research and autoethnography. She writes about clinical legal education, business law clinics, mental health & disability, and the prospects and perils of autoethnographic research. Her work has been published in the Law Teacher, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, Journal of International and Comparative Law, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, Journal of Legal Education, and Journal of Organizational Ethnography.
Elaine serves on editorial boards and reviews for a diverse range of publications. She supervises PhD students on the Professional Doctorate in Law programme and has acted as an external examiner across law and education disciplines.
- From Maverick to Mainstream: Autoethnography’s Place in Legal Research, Gregersen, E. 13 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Legal Research Methodology
- Academia Through the Lens of Autoethnography: Praxis and Institutional Dynamics, Gregersen, E. 30 Jun 2025, Business and Law Research Conference
- ‘A Place for Us’ – Supporting disabled, dyslexic and neurodivergent students in higher education, Griffiths, E., Gregersen, E., Moore, J. 26 Mar 2025
- Clinical legal education (for commerce), Gregersen, E. 9 Jan 2025, Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education, Cheltenham, Gloucester, UK, Edward Elgar
- Lily Allen’s new album is ‘autofiction’ – but turning your life into a story carries ethical and emotional risks, Gregersen, E. 5 Nov 2025
- Autoethnography and legal research: Possibilities and perils, Gregersen, E. 17 Sep 2024, Empirical Research Methods in Advancing Legal Knowledge Conference 2024
- State of the Nation: 10 Years of Entrepreneurial Law Clinic Supervision in the United Kingdom, Gregersen, E. 12 Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
- The Emotional Impact of Law Clinic Supervision: An Autoethnography, Gregersen, E. 18 Aug 2023, Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Legal Education, Abingdon, Routledge
- Telling stories about the law school: autoethnography and legal education, Gregersen, E. 3 Apr 2022, In: The Law Teacher
- Lucinda Shaw The Impact of Rapport in Legal Negotiation. Start Date: 19/01/2024
- Lucinda Bromfield The feeling failure project: Exploring the lived experiences of academic failure in legal apprentices. Start Date: 31/01/2025
- Law LLB (Hons) September 01 2002
- National Teaching Fellow (NTF) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
- Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
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