A Professional and Dedicated Teaching Team
We are proud to have a teaching team comprising core teaching staff, visiting lecturers from leading Universities and special guest lectures by renowned experts and skilled practitioners.
The BLC’s current Academic Director is Professor Richard Fentiman (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge).
Resident teaching team
The following are responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the BLC:
Dr. Stephen Terrett
BLC Director and Senior Lecturer
Advocate. Specialises in corporate and IP law.
Will Odogwu
BLC Senior Lecturer
LLM UCL London. Specialises in commercial and contract law.
Dr. Ruairi O'Neill
BLC Lecturer
Barrister. Specialises in commercial and EU law.
Chris Sykes
BLC Lecturer
Solicitor, Senior lecturer at MMU. Specialises in criminal law and legal skills.
Dr. A. Godhe
BLC Lecturer
Assoc. Prof. at Kings College London. Specialises in arbitration.
Angela Cahill
BLC Lecturer
Solicitor. Lecturer at BPP. Specialises in commercial litigation and legal skills.
Special guest lecturers
The following are some of the special guest lecturers who have given lectures for the BLC:
Judge Michal Bobek
Former AG to the EU Court of Justice
Judge Iain Morley KC
East Caribbean Supreme Court
First Advocate General Maciej Szpunar
First Advocate General to the Court of Justice of the EU
Lord Robert Carnwath
UK Supreme Court Justice (retired)
Sir Nicholas Green
Court of Appeal (England & Wales) - Lord Justice of Appeal
Baroness (Brenda) Hale of Richmond
UK Supreme Court (retired Justice and President)
Lord Lloyd Jones
UK Supreme Court (Deputy President)
Professor Sir Bernard Rix
UK Judge (retired); International Commercial Court of Singapore
Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, DCB, KC (Hon)
First Parliamentary Counsel and Permanent Secretary of the Government
Visiting lecturers (academics)
The following are some of the academics who have lectured for the BLC:
Professor Catherine Barnard
Cambridge University
Professor Jonathan Morgan
Cambridge University
Professor Neil Andrews
Cambridge University
Dr. Jennifer Davis
Cambridge University
Professor Robert Burrell
Oxford University
Professor Richard Fentiman
Cambridge University
Professor David Amos
City University London
Dr. Paul MacMahon
London School of Economics
Dr Mika Oldman
Cambridge University
Dr. Krzysztof Garstka
Cambridge University
Professor Estelle Derclaye
Nottingham University
Professor Dorota Leczykiewicz
Oxford University
Professor Ansgar Ohly
Oxford University
Professor Albertina Albors-Llorens
Cambridge University
Professor Laurent Pech
University College Dublin
Legal Practitioners
The following are some of the practising lawyers who have given legal skills workshops for the BLC:
Nick Fletcher
Clifford Chance
Visiting BLC lecturer (Contract drafting)
Rehana Azib KC
2 Temple Gardens (Inner Temple)
Advocacy Skills
Andrew Cripe
Litigation Partner (Norton Rose, Chicago)
Advocacy Skills
Mark Hill KC
FTB Chambers (Inner Temple)
Advocacy Skills
Kieron Beal KC
Blackstone chambers (Inner Temple)
Advocacy Skills
Alastair Hodge
5 Essex Chambers (Inner Temple)
Advocacy Skills
Zuzanna Oldfield
Addleshaw Goddard
Klaudia Śliwka
Addleshaw Goddard
Michał Szperzyński
Addleshaw Goddard
Adelina Prokop
Clifford Chance
Tihana Balagovic
CMS
Wojciech Polz
Clifford Chance
Aleksander Zieliński
PWC Legal
Anna Piechota-Kaźmierczak
PWC Legal
Marcin Robenek
Osborne Clark
Artem Doudko
Osborne Clark
Substantive Law
Study the most important areas of English law, with particular focus on commercially relevant issues. Familiarise yourself with the most common choice of governing law in international contracts.
Legal Skills
We help you develop a wide-ranging skills portfolio and monitor your progress on an ongoing basis. The skills and experience you acquire will help you stay ahead of the pack in the race for employment.
Career
Learning English law and developing your skills portfolio is about making you more employable. Our entire focus is on helping you achieve your dream career, wherever and whatever it may be.