Jeremy Robson is a senior lecturer and barrister. He specialises in criminal litigation and studying the teaching and practice of advocacy.
In 2011, Jeremy was appointed the course leader of the LLM in Advocacy Skills, a bespoke course commissioned by the Attorney General of Malaysia. This was the first LLM in Advocacy to be awarded outside of the USA and combines intense practical training with research into the theories of advocacy.
In 2013 Jeremy launched the International Advocacy Teaching Conference, the first event to bring together lawyers, judges and academics from around the world to discuss maintaining standards in advocacy. He teaches on a variety of practitioner and academic courses.
Jeremy’s research interests are advocacy, criminal law, procedure and evidence, miscarriages of justice, and the legal profession. He has a particular interests on the wearing of the Niqab in court proceedings, identification evidence and the use of language in court.
Experience
2018–present
Senior lecturer, De Montfort University
2015–2018
Principal Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
2008–2015
Senior lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
2004–2008
Barrister, KCH Garden Square Chambers
2000–2004
Barrister, New Walk Chamberss
Education
2015
Nottingham Trent University, LLM in Legal Practice
2011
Nottingham Trent University, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
1999
Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course
1998
University of East Anglia, LLB (Hons) Law
Publications
2017
A Fair hearing? The use of voice identifiction parades in criminal investigations in England and Wales, Criminal Law Review
2016
The veiled lodger - a reflection on the status of R v D, Nottingham Law Review
2016
The Niqab and the Myth of Pinocchio's Nose: Is the Niqaab an Impediment to Fact Finidng in an adversarial trial? An analysis of R v D, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
2012
Caging the green-eyed monter - restrictions on the use of sexual infidlity as a defence to murder, Nottingham Law Journal