Professor Susan Stokeld | The University of Aberdeen

Professor Susan Stokeld

Personal Chair

Email Address: s.stokeld@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0)1224 274062
Office Address: Room D52 School of Law Taylor Building Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB
School/Department: School of Law

Biography

Professor Susan Stokeld is the Director of Education for the School of Law. She is a Justice of the Peace and Honorary Sheriff for Grampian, Highlands & Islands, and Chair of the Fitness to Practice Committee for the Medical and Dental Schools at Aberdeen University.

Susan joined the School of Law in March 2012. She is a qualified Scottish solicitor (now non practising) but previously worked in private practice in Glasgow and Aberdeen. Susan completed a Masters degree (Business and Economics) at Aberdeen University Business School where she taught a wide range of management subjects and research methods courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate MBA level. Her doctoral research was conducted at Strathclyde University and her thesis addressed the performance and delivery of professional legal services.

She is a member of Law Society for Scotland's Access to Justice Committee, and the Aberdeen Scottish Association for the Study of Offending. She sits on the Advisory Council to the Judicial Institute. Susan is the Scottish National representative on the International Negotiation for Law Students organisation and an experienced judge at international competitions for law students on negotiation and client consultation.

Internal Memberships: Director of Education

Co Director of Post Graduate Research

Co Director of Baltimore Summer School

Law School Lead for International Study Group

Personal Tutor

Chair of Fitness to Practice committee for Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and Medical Sciences

Chair School of Law Education Committee

Member University Education Committee
External Memberships: Honorary Sheriff, (GrampIan, Highlands & Islands)

Justice of the Peace (Grampian, Highlands & Islands)

Justice of the Peace Education & Training Committee for Grampian, Highland & Islands

JP Appraiser in Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highlands & Islands

Member of the Advisory Council to the Judicial Institute

Scottish National Representative for the International Negotiation Competition

Member of the Law Society of Scotland Access to Justice Committee

Member of the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending (Aberdeen Branch Committee)

Member of the Fitness to Practice Scottish Medical Schools Network

Member of the the UK Widening Participation Network for Law Schools

Research

Research Overview

Susan's research interests lie in Criminal Justice Reform in Scotland and specifically in the area of the role and contribution of problem solving courts in Scotland and the rationale behind the problem- solving court initiative as an alternative to imprisonment sentencing options for persistent offenders and issues of domestic abuse, and the impact of the recent legislative reforms.

Susan also has an interest in negotiation and specifically in its role as an essential skill for the legal practioner.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Susan currently teaches on the following courses at the School of Law:

Criminal Law (Ordinary)
Family Law (Honours)
International Family Law (Honours)
Criminal Evidence (Honours)

Susan currently co-ordinates

Criminal Law (Ordinary)
Criminal Evidence (Honours)

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