Senior Lecturer
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Biography
Sean Alan Jackson is a full-time Lecturer of Law at Emeris Durban North, Property Law, Delict, Intellectual Property, and Legal Interpretation. His academic portfolio is strongly grounded in experiential and constructivist pedagogy, with a research focus on High Court–based experiential learning, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), and the development of graduate attributes and professional identity within legal education. He has produced scholarly work on the “fit and proper” standard for legal practitioners, experiential teaching models, and the evolving boundaries of concurrent jurisdiction between the High Court and Labour Court. Sean has played a leading role in innovative curriculum design, including national teaching resources, gamified learning tools, and experiential court projects. He is currently developing a series of research outputs, including an article on High Court experiential learning, a comprehensive analysis of ethical formation in legal practice, and ongoing case-note scholarship. Deeply committed to student development, employability, and transformative constitutionalism, Sean continues to contribute to institutional culture, academic citizenship, and impactful legal education practice.
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications
Research Interests
Biography
Sean Alan Jackson is a full-time Lecturer of Law at Emeris Durban North, Property Law, Delict, Intellectual Property, and Legal Interpretation. His academic portfolio is strongly grounded in experiential and constructivist pedagogy, with a research focus on High Court–based experiential learning, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), and the development of graduate attributes and professional identity within legal education. He has produced scholarly work on the “fit and proper” standard for legal practitioners, experiential teaching models, and the evolving boundaries of concurrent jurisdiction between the High Court and Labour Court. Sean has played a leading role in innovative curriculum design, including national teaching resources, gamified learning tools, and experiential court projects. He is currently developing a series of research outputs, including an article on High Court experiential learning, a comprehensive analysis of ethical formation in legal practice, and ongoing case-note scholarship. Deeply committed to student development, employability, and transformative constitutionalism, Sean continues to contribute to institutional culture, academic citizenship, and impactful legal education practice.
An educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education
Formed by the strategic evolution of The IIE's Varsity College, IIE MSA, Vega and
the School of Hospitality and Service Management, uniting under the Emeris name.
Emeris is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd which is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997 (reg. no. 2007/HE07/002). Company registration number: 1987/004754/07. View certificate here.
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