Find a research supervisor in legal education and the legal profession

Staff in the Birmingham Law School who supervise PhD/MPhil/MJur by Research in the area of legal education and the legal profession  (including legal education, judicial administration).

Dr Sophie Boyron

Dr Sophie Boyron

Associate Professor

Sophie Boyron is a Associate Professor whose interest lies mainly in public law and European law. She adopts a comparative approach to all her work.

Dr Maureen Mapp

Dr Maureen Mapp

Associate Professor
Deputy Head of Education (Exams and Senior Tutor)

Dr Maureen Mapp is a lawyer whose research and teaching interests are in public law and private law particularly how to bridge the normative gap between law and non-state ethno cultural norms.  In this regard, Maureen has provided technical expertise to the Commonwealth Secretariat on adoption of cryptocurrencies and their impact on agricultural based economies. In collaboration with UNAFRI, ...

Dr Shamini Ragavan

Dr Shamini Ragavan

Associate Professor in Law (Dubai)

Criminal evidence, ethics (values) and legal education/mentoring in pedagogical curricula designs that enhances student learning and teacher reflection.

Dr Marianne Wade

Dr Marianne Wade

Reader in Criminal Justice

Dr Wade’s activities focus on cross-border criminal justice co-operation and particularly related developments within the EU. Work focusing on the crimes of terrorism and trafficking human beings and their prevention, investigation and prosecution at a national, regional and global level forms part of this. The genesis of a European public prosecutor’s office and the concept of ...

Professor Richard Young

Professor Richard Young

Emeritus Professor of Law and Policy

Before retiring in 2021, Richard Young specialised in empirical research, especially into criminal justice. He was co-author of the first four editions of a leading textbook on that subject, and co-authored two monographs, Judging Social Security and Child Support in Action. He also co-edited four collections of essays, Access to Criminal JusticeNew Visions of Crime ...

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