
People
We are a friendly department of academics, researchers, teachers, tutors and administrators, with additional staff within the Faculty and the University to support us.
Meet the team
Head of School

Dr Ira Lindsay
Associate Professor, Head of Surrey Law School
Academic staff

Professor Ryan Abbott
Professor of Law and Health Sciences

Thekli Anastasiou
Teaching Fellow

Dr Joshua Andresen
Associate Professor of National Security and Foreign Relations Law, Associate Head of School - Engagement

Dr Hrafn Asgeirsson
Reader in Philosophy and Law

Dr Mikolaj Barczentewicz
Associate Professor in Law

Dr Conor Casey
Senior Lecturer in Public Law & Legal Theory

Nick Clapham
Senior Lecturer/Director of Student Experience

Professor Kenneth Ehrenberg
Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy

Dr Emily Finch
Senior Lecturer in Law

Dr Mikolaj Firlej
Lecturer in AI Law and Regulation

Professor Francesco Giglio
Professor of Civil and Private Law

Dr Nicola Giglio
Senior Lecturer in Private Law

Professor Melissa Hamilton
Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

Timothy James
Senior Teaching Fellow in Law

Dr Tehmina Khan
Senior Lecturer in Law

Dr Ambrose Lee
Senior Lecturer in Legal Theory

Dr Feja Lesniewska
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Transitions and Environmental Law
Dr Sebastian Lewis
Surrey Fellow in Law
Claire Lillywhite
Senior Lecturer, Director of Employability, Programme Lead for Social Science Foundation Year (Law), Co-Programme Lead Professional Legal Practice (SQE Pathway) LLM

Dr Ira Lindsay
Associate Professor, Head of Surrey Law School

Professor Rosalind Malcolm
Professor of Law, Director of Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG)

Dr Lucas Miotto Lopes
Senior Lecturer in Law and Philosophy

Dr Marie Newhouse
Associate Professor in Law, Philosophy, and Public Policy

Dr Noreen O'Meara
Associate Professor (Reader), Human Rights, European and Environmental Law. Co-director: Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law (SCIEL).

Professor Dennis Patterson
Professor of Legal Philosophy

Dr Katy Peters
Senior Lecturer in Law (Tort; Medical Law & Ethics); Director of Employability (Law); Programme Director: LLM in Professional Legal Practice (SQE Pathway)

Professor Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco
Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy (Jurisprudence)

Professor Alexander Sarch
Professor of Legal Philosophy

Dr Arman Sarvarian
Reader in Public International Law, Fellow of the Institute for Sustainability

Dr Mala Sharma
Lecturer

Antony Starza-Allen
Senior Teaching Fellow in Law

Dr Christopher Taggart
Senior Lecturer

Dr Vickie Thanapal
Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School (Learning & Teaching)

Elizabeth Williams
Principal Teaching Fellow in Law, Director of Clinical Legal Education Programmes
Visiting staff

Ahmet Bilal Aytekin
Visiting PhD Researcher

Akber Datoo
Visiting Professor in Practice (CEO, D2 Legal Technology)

Professor Giovanni Sartor
Visiting Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence

Anthony Speaight K.C.
Visiting Professor in Law
Emeritus staff

Professor Alison Clarke
Emeritus Professor

Professor Alison Firth
Emeritus Professor in Law

Professor Margot Horspool
Emeritus Professor

Professor Robert Upex
Emeritus Professor
Associate staff

Richard Holt
Associate
Postgraduate research students

Filipa Tavares Moreira Bispo
Postgraduate Research Student

Jason De Mink
Postgraduate Research Student

Juan Diego Dimate Gomez
Postgraduate Research Student

Robson Gonçalves Valadares Filho
Postgraduate Research Student

Alex Houghton
Postgraduate Research Student

Ubongabasi Edidiong Obot
Postgraduate Research Student

Simon Palmer
Postgraduate Research Student

Paul Ratcliffe
Postgraduate Research Student

Professor Mikhail Reider-Gordon
Researcher

Pedro Urashima
SCLP Visiting PhD Researcher

Shubhi Verma
Postgraduate Research Student