Rebecca Samaras

    A practising solicitor, Rebecca was appointed Director of Clinical Legal Education and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee in April 2023 where she is responsible for leading Dundee Law School’s clinical legal education programme. This includes the development of the recently launched University of Dundee Law Clinic which serves Dundee and the surrounding areas. A former Director of the Diploma in Professional Legal Studies and more recently, the Director of Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono at the University of Edinburgh (where she was also the Director of the Free Legal Advice Centre), she has extensive experience in teaching legal and core skills. Rebecca is a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Access to Justice Committee, the Access to Justice Foundation Scotland Committee and the Scottish University Law Clinic Network. She is a Trustee of both the Clinical Legal Education Organisation and the Access to Justice Foundation. Rebecca is the Communications Trustee for CLEO.