- Francine Ryan is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The Open University and Co-Director of the Open Justice Centre. As the Director of the Open Justice Centre, Francine has worked to develop a range of innovative and technology enhanced opportunities for OU students. Francine created and is now the Director of the Open Justice Online Law Clinic. Francine was a finalist in The Law Teacher of the Year 2020 . She is also a co-author of Digital Lawyering: Technology and Legal Practice in the 21st Century that will be published by Routledge later this year.