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Dr Mark Davies

Post:Emeritus Reader (Law)
Other posts:Emeritus (Law)
Location:FREEMAN CENTRE
Email:M.R.Davies@sussex.ac.uk

Biography

  • Qualifications: BA, MPhil, PhD, Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (non-practising)
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Member of the Law Society of England & Wales
  • Member of the International Association of Legal Ethics
  • Member of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL)

Role

Previous key roles

  • Director of Student Experience, School of Law, Politics and Sociology
  • Director of Teaching & Learning, School of Law, Politics and Sociology
  • Sub-Dean, Sussex Law School
  • Chair, University Student Discipline Panel
  • Member of the University Collaborative Provisions Committee - overseeing, validating and revalidating provision by University of Sussex partner institutions
  • University Academic Misconduct Panel
  • Convenor - Law of Tort
  • Convenor - Professional Negligence & Liability
  • Convenor - Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Team member - Healthcare Law & Ethics
  • Professional Regulatory Bodies Liaison, Sussex Law School
  • Admissions Tutor, Sussex Law School
  • Senior Tutor, Sussex Law School
  • Director of Learning Resources, Sussex Law School
  • LLB Director, Sussex Law School
  • GDL Director, Sussex Law School
  • Director of Employability, Sussex Law School

Community and Business

Previously member of the Joint Academic Stage Board (until its abolition) - visiting on behalf of the Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority law schools for the purposes of validating and revalidating qualifying law degrees and GDL/CPE/Masters conversion courses.

Justice of the Peace/Magistrate, West Sussex. During my approximately 12 years in the role I served in both Adult and Youth Courts, participated in Crown Court appeals and was a magistrate appraiser (I am currently on leave - supplemental list).