Dr. Trevor Clark
- Position: Lecturer in Legal Profession
- Areas of expertise: Company law, banking and finance law and regulation, lawyers and legal profession, legal ethics.
- Email: T.G.Clark@leeds.ac.uk
- Website: Twitter | LinkedIn
Profile
I joined the University of Leeds as a Lecturer in January 2021. Prior to this I was a Teaching Fellow at University College London (UCL), between 2017 and 2020. I was a partner of the international law firm, Linklaters, from 2001 to 2017, in London and Hong Kong, specialising in international finance.
I am the School’s Co-Director, International, and also a Co-Director of the Legal Professions Research Group https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/legal-professions-research-group
I am also Articles Editor of the leading academic journal, Legal Ethics https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rlet20
I obtained an LLB (1990) and an LLM (2018) from UCL Laws, and in 2023 I completed my PhD at UCL Laws, an empirical study of the ethics and professionalism of corporate lawyers.
Responsibilities
- Co-Director, Legal Professions Research Group
Research interests
My research focus is on business law, and lawyers and the legal profession.
I have co-authored the following papers:
- Trevor Clark, Richard Moorhead, Alan Brener and Steven Vaughan, ‘A Response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consultation Paper CP19/4 on the Senior Manager and Certification Regime’ (Social Science Research Network 2019) SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3368896 <https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3368896> accessed 17 April 2019;
- Richard Moorhead, Trevor Clark, Alan Brener, Paul Gilbert and Steven Vaughan, ‘In-House Lawyers and Non-Executive Directors: A Discussion About Best Practice’ (Social Science Research Network 2019) SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3410929 <https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3410929> accessed 2 July 2019
- Trevor Clark, Richard Moorhead, Steven Vaughan & Alan Brener (2021) Agency over technocracy: how lawyer archetypes infect regulatory approaches: the FCA example, Legal Ethics, 24:2, 91-110, DOI: 10.1080/1460728x.2022.2059742 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1460728x.2022.2059742
I am an active member of the Centre for Business Law and Practice and the Centre for Innovation and Research in Legal Education.
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- LLB (Hons) Law (first class)
- LLM (Hons) Law
- PhD Law
Professional memberships
- Solicitor, England and Wales (currently non-practising)
- Solicitor, Hong Kong (currently non-practising)
Student education
I have taught on the following modules:
- Company law (UG)
- Contract law (UG)
- Corporate law (PG)
- International Banking Law and Regulation (PG)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Business Law and Practice