Our Staff
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Chipo Mwale
Senior Lecturer
Chipo Mwale is Programme Director for LLM International Human Rights and also a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law. She currently teaches the following courses: LL.B.; LL.M. Corporate and Business Law; LLM International Human Rights; BA Joint Honours Programme (Business Law Pathway).
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Hayley Mynard-Gates
Lecturer in Law & Associate Course Director LLB Level 5
Hayley Mynard-Gates joined the School of Law in 2015.
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Dr Amna Nazir
Reader in International Human Rights; Associate Director Centre for Human Rights
Dr Amna Nazir is an interdisciplinary academic with research expertise in international human rights law and Islamic theology. She holds key senior and strategic roles as co-Director of the School’s flagship LLM in International Human Rights and International Law, Associate Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Associate...
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Tom Nicklin
Lecturer in Law
Tom’s research area explores compassionate release in the United States – which concerns the early release of prisoners who are terminally ill, seriously ill, or very old. His work reconceptualizes compassionate release and sheds new light on how these provisions function. His goal is to revolutionize how society deals with...
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Dr Philip Oamen
Lecturer in Law
Philip Oamen joined Birmingham City University (BCU) in 2022 from the University of Northampton where he was a full-time Lecturer in Law. He worked previously as a Teaching Associate at the University of Birmingham Law School, Visiting Lecturer in Law at BCU, Applied Law Lecturer at Warwickshire College Group (Royal Leamington...
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Dr Iyan Offor
Senior Lecturer and Leader of the Animals, Nature & Society Research Stream
Iyan conducts socio-legal and theoretical research on animals, nature, and society, focusing on global animal law, global environmental law, critical legal theory, posthumanism, queer theory, intersectionality, and law & literature.
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Rafael Quintero Godinez
Lecturer
Rafael Quintero Godínez is a Lecturer at Birmingham City University, where he teaches and conducts sociolegal research in international economic law and judicial independence. He completed his PhD in Law at the University of Warwick, focusing on Systems Theory and Investment Arbitration. His thesis was approved with minor...
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Dr Anne Richardson Oakes
Associate Professor and Director: Centre for American Legal Studies
Dr Anne Richardson Oakes is an Associate Professor in American Legal Studies in Birmingham City University's School of Law. She currently teaches US Constitutional Law, Public Law, and Equity and Trusts.
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Dr Laura Rodes-Saldana
Lecturer in Law
Dr Rodes Saldaña read Law and Business in Spain. After a period of practice as a corporate lawyer at an international law firm, she studied at the University of Leicester for an LLM in International Commercial Law (completed with Distinction) and later a PhD, which she completed in 2019. In 2018, she moved to Hertford College...
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Dr Emma Luce Scali
Director of the LLMs International Law and International Human Rights, Lecturer in Law
Dr Emma Luce Scali holds a doctorate in law from the University of Nottingham. She is a Lecturer at BCU School of Law, where she leads the module on Public International Law, and teaches on the EU Law and Global Perspectives on Human Rights modules.