Law staff
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Farhan Ahmed
Assistant Lecturer
Farhan Ahmed is currently an Assistant Lecturer in Law. After completing his undergraduate degree, he obtained his Master's in Law and LPC from Birmingham City University. Farhan has been working with Birmingham City University since 2021 teaching a variety of modules on the Law programme.
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Love Alfred
Lecturer in Law
Love Alfred joined the Birmingham City University (BCU) as a Lecturer in Law in 2023. Love's research and teaching interests include international environmental law and sustainability, energy justice and transition, social and climate justice, natural resources, and the theoretical foundations of public law. Prior to her...
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Sam Anthony McCormick
Assistant Lecturer
Sam started teaching at BCU in January 2020, due to his experience in advocacy, such as mooting and debating. Since then he has moved on to teach a variety of subjects, such as Tort law and Equity and Trusts.
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Dr Olia Arustamyan
Lecturer
Dr Olia Arustamyan is a Lecturer in Law. Her main research interests are in philosophy of law and moral philosophy more generally. Olia lectures in criminal law and criminal evidence at undergraduate level, and human rights law in the LLM.
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Sabah Athar
Lecturer in Law
Sabah Athar is a Lecturer in Law specializing in American Legal Studies. She is especially interested in constitutional law in the United States which is reflected in her teaching interests. She primarily teaches on the American Legal Studies LLB pathway. Sabah is an interdisciplinary researcher and academic, stemming from her...
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Jane Barrett
Senior Lecturer in Law
Jane joined BCU as a Senior Lecturer in March 2025. Jane worked as a solicitor in legal aid and not-for-profit organisations for over 13 years before moving into Clinical Legal Education in 2024. Whilst in practice, Jane worked on a range of immigration, asylum and human rights cases. She has a particular interest in cases...
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Suresh Birdi
Senior Lecturer in Law
Suresh Birdi is a Senior lecturer in Law and is the course director for the LLM International Business Law Course. Suresh has taught upon many degree courses including LL.B, B.A, GDL, PGDL, LL.M and other short courses.
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Dr Valentino Cattelan
Lecturer in Law
Dr Valentino Cattelan is an experienced researcher in Islamic law, economics and finance. His expertise also comprises comparative law, EU law, contract law and interdisciplinary studies.
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Dr Sarah Cooper
Professor of Interdisciplinary Research and Criminal Justice
Dr Sarah Cooper is a Reader in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, the Director of Research in the School of Law, and a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Authority. She is also a Site Director for the Midlands 4 Cities Doctoral Training Partnership, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Lamin Daffeh
Lecturer in Law
Lamin is a lecturer in Law and a PhD Research Fellow at the BCU. He is an experienced practitioner in advancing education and International development.