Simon Lavis

Simon joined the Open University as a Lecturer in law in October 2013 and has been Chair of module W203 Public law and criminal law since early 2014. Simon initially studied history to masters level at the University of Sheffield, before converting to law via the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the University of Law, Guildford. He trained as a solicitor at commercial firm DLA Piper UK LLP (currently non-practising) and entered academia via an LLM from the University of Birmingham. He completed a PhD at the University of Nottingham, awarded in 2015, and his research explores the nexus between history, theory and law, primarily in relation to Nazi Germany. Simon has been an OU Associate lecturer since October 2016 and has tutored on various level 2 and 3 law modules, as well as LLM module W821.

Simon lives in south Derbyshire with his wife, two young sons and cockapoo, Bertie. He enjoys walking the dog in the countryside and reading, and playing the piano and various sports when he finds the time.

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