Academic Profile

I was educated at Barnsley & District Holgate Grammar School and Keble College Oxford, where I was a Holroyd Exhibitioner. There he obtained his B.A. in Jurisprudence, later converted into a M.A., and B.C.L., an Oxford master’s degree. His teaching interests include criminal and employment (including equality) law, both read broadly. He has supervised at all levels including PhDs and chairs vivas and externally examines theses.

I'm a past Chair of the Association of Law Teachers, organising the 40th Annual Conference in Edinburgh 2005 (Enhancing the Student Experience), and remain a Committee member; an organiser for the Industrial Law Society in the north-east; and the Labour Law stream organiser for the Socio-Legal Studies Association. I was for many years the Recent Legal Developments Editor for The Law Teacher and remains on the Editorial Board.

I am in demand as a validator of undergraduate and PGT degrees. I have a wealth of experience and expertise as an external examiner for both undergraduate and PGT degrees. He was the University’s Institutional Nominee for the QAA Developmental Engagement with Chemistry and has acted on behalf of the University in several roles including various Independent Evaluations of Teaching. He has spoken on the radio.

I have served inter alia as (the first) Director of Teaching for the Law School and as the Faculty’s Director of Learning and Teaching for the University. I am currently the Tutor for Overseas Admissions, in which capacity I serve on recruitment missions to Malaysia, Singapore, and India.

Qualifications

• BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford
• BCL, University of Oxford
• MA (Oxon)

Teaching and Learning

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate	Postgraduate and MA
Criminal Law (Joint Convenor)	Law of Crime (Joint Convenor)
Employment Law (Convenor)	Employment Law (Convenor)

In all there are lectures and seminars with additional support e.g. glossaries, quizzes, multiple choice questions, updates. Michael Jefferson is the author of a standard student text with a worldwide website (password protected) attached to the book. He is an enthusiastic and committed teacher, speaks on these topics at conferences, and writes on current issues.

I am also personal tutor to 30 students, largely non-UK ones, and I act as tutor for direct entry students.

Research Interests

Employment Law including Discrimination Law, Criminal Law, trade secrets, restraint of trade, and confidential information (including garden leave clauses).

Member of the Institute of Commercial Law Studies Research Cluster.

Areas of Research Supervision

• Criminal Law
• Employment Law (including Discrimination Law)

Key Publications

Jefferson, M. (2013) Criminal Law (Pearson, 11e)

Benny, R., Sergeant, M. and Jefferson, M. (2012) Employment Law (OUP, 5e, 2012)

Jefferson, M. (2000) Employment Law (Cavendish, 10e)

Hanlon, J., Jefferson, M., Mitchell, B. and Molan, M. (2004) Exploring Comparative Marking (UKCLE PDF Project)

Jefferson, M. (2001) Corporate Criminal Liability: The Problem of Sanctions. Journal of Criminal Law, 65, 235-261.

Jefferson, M. (2005) Householders and the Use of Force against Intruders. Journal of Criminal Law, 69, 405-413.

Key Projects/Grants

Title/Description:	Error Variation
Awarding Body:	UKCLE
People Involved:	J Hanlon, M Jefferson, B Mitchell & M Molan
Amount:	£2,600

Professional Activities and Recognition

Chair of the Association of Law Teachers (and Vice-Chair and Immediate Past Chair) and Hon. Secretary 2013

Committee Member Industrial Law Society: joint organiser of seminars in Leeds and Sheffield

Recent Legal Developments Editor, The Law Teacher 1995-2005.