Mr Jack Smith
- Lecturer on Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (Law)
email:
Jack.Smith@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
Room 321, Sir Alexander Stone Building, 16 University Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QL
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9533-1105Biography
Jack joined the University of Glasgow in 2025 as a Diploma Lecturer, having previously tutored part-time on the Diploma at the University of Strathclyde.
Jack completed his training contract at one of Scotland’s leading legal aid firms, and worked there until joining the University. Jack specialised in asylum, housing and public law. He was involved in a number of collaborative projects with other firms, law centres, and third sector organisations focusing on strategic litigation in the area of asylum support, and was named Junior Solicitor of the Year at the Herald Law Awards of Scotland in 2021. Jack supervised trainees and delivered CPD and training both internally and externally during his time in practice.
Publications
2026
McPhail, Fiona, Smith, Jack 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9533-1105 and Hynes, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6967-4762
(2026)
Policy Insights: Access to Justice and the need for Civil Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow Centre for Public Policy.
Research Reports or Papers
McPhail, Fiona, Smith, Jack ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9533-1105 and Hynes, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6967-4762
(2026)
Policy Insights: Access to Justice and the need for Civil Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow Centre for Public Policy.
Prior publications
Other
Jo Hynes, Fiona McPhail, Jack Smith (2026) Policy Insights: Access to Justice and the need for Civil Legal Aid Reform in Scotland Jack Smith.
Teaching
DPLP:
- Commercial Awareness
- Human Rights
- Public Law