Personal Chair
- About
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- 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.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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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
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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
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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
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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)