Academic Profile

Originally a Chemistry graduate, completed an MA in Law in 1998. Took up a lectureship in Sheffield School of Law in 2002.

Qualifications

• PGDip Legal Practice, University of Sheffield;
• MA Law, University of Sheffield;
• BSc. (Hons) Chemistry, University of Sheffield

Teaching and Learning

I mainly teach property based subjects such as Equity & Trusts, Intellectual Property and Land Law. The focus is on helping students develop their academic skills as well as their skills for employment. I am personal tutor for all the MA Law students as well as some undergraduate and GDL students.

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate	Postgraduate and MA	GDL
Finance and Law for Engineers (Law Convenor)	Understanding Law and Legal Systems (Convenor)	Administrative Law
Patents, Trade Secrets and Branding (Industrial Property)	Law of Property (Convenor)	Constitutional Law (Convenor)
Property Law I (Convenor)		English Legal System
Property Law II (Convenor)
Understanding Law I
Law Research Paper

Research Interests

• Equity and Trusts
• Intellectual Property
• Land Law

Areas of Research Supervision

• Intellectual property
• Land law
• Equity and Trust

Key Publications

Odell, P. (2009) Parking is such sweet sorrow too. JBL, 5, 488-493.

Odell, Peter and Willet, C (ads) (2008) Global Governance and the Quest for Justice Vol III: Civil Society. Hart Publishing.

Adcock, M.D., Burton, A., Hunt, A., Odell, P. & Swiecka, J. (2005). Report on The Use of Patents by Governments: A Comparative Study of Compulsory Licences and Government Use, for Health Canada.