Birkbeck, University of London
Faculty Member, Law
Reader in Socio-Legal Studies and Assistant Dean
About
Matthew Weait graduated with a BA(Hons) in Law, and an MPhil in Criminology from the University of Cambridge before going to work at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, where he researched his DPhil under the supervision of Dr Keith Hawkins. He has taught at New College, Oxford, the Open University and Keele University, and has been Parliamentary Research Officer for Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC at the Odysseus Trust. Matthew was awarded a Queen Mother Major Scholarship by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1999, but does not practise. Matthew's research centres on the impact of law on people living with HIV and AIDS and he has worked with a number of local, regional, national and international organisations including the WHO and UNAIDS. His current projects include a review of communicable disease legislation in the WHO European region.
Matthew has held visiting academic positions at the American Bar Foundation, Cardozo Law School and the University of British Columbia. He is currently taking an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, and his story "Air and Sea and Salt" is published in the most recent edition of the Mechanics Institute Review (September 2008).
Contact Information
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/ce/about_staff/academic_staff/weait
Law School
Birkbeck College
London
WC1E 7HX
UK
020 7323 4712 / 020 7631 6000
