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DrElizabeth Craig

Associate Professor (Law)

School of Law, Politics and Sociology

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  • Associate Professor (Law)
    School of Law, Politics and Sociology
  • +44 (0)1273 873960 Ext.3960 (Work)

BIO

Roles at Sussex

 

Deputy Head (Staffing) Sussex Law School (since May 2025)

Associate Professor of Law in Law, and staff welfare, development and empowerment lead in law

Formerly Staff welfare, development and empowerment lead in law (1.5 years), Director of Teaching and Learning in School of Law Politics and Sussex (2 years), Deputy Chair LPS UG Exam Board and law assessment lead (5 years), member of Senate (4 years) and Council (three years), convenor LLM International Human Rights Law (3 years), Law Education Lead (2 years) and Law Deputy Education lead (4 years), Acting Director of Doctoral Studies (1 semester)

 

I current teachly on various human rights modules (both ug and pg) and Public Law (year 1 and Graduate Entry).

 

Previously convened English Legal System and Justice, Equality and Society (10 years) and the LLM in International Human Rights Law (3 years).

 

Employment History
2025- Associate Professor (Law), University of Sussex

2014- Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
2003- Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
2002 Law tutor, University of Ulster
1999-2001 Law tutor, Queen's University Belfast
1999-2000 research assistant, Queen's University Belfast

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • External Examiner
    University of Exeter, Law, United Kingdom1 Oct 2015 - 30 Sep 2019

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Legal Advisor to the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum (Culture, Identity and Language)
    Northern Ireland Office, Belfast31 Mar 2007 - 31 Mar 2008

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom31 Mar 2006
  • LLM (by research(
    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom28 Feb 2000
  • BA (Law with German)
    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom30 Jun 1997

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PGCertHE
    University of Sussex28 Feb 2006

LANGUAGES

  • German
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read

FIELDS OF RESEARCH