Sussex law scholar elected to Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Dr Colin King , Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, is among four new Academic Fellows of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
The Inner Temple is one of four Inns of Court, the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales.
Its fellowship scheme aims to recognise the contribution of legal teaching and research by early to mid-career academics to the Bar. Through the scheme, the Inner Temple also seeks to build stronger ties with legal academics at universities across England and Wales.
Dr King says: “I’m delighted to be appointed as an Academic Fellow, and I look forward to developing greater links between the law school and the Inner Temple.
“One of the areas that I hope to contribute to is ensuring that students see how the law operates in practice, beyond the textbook. I’ve already spoken to members of the Inn about further developing the skills that students gain in modules such as Criminal Law and Evidence.
“And I look forward to working with the other Academic Fellows in promoting the work of the Inner Temple over the next three years.”
The Inner Temple currently has 16 Academic Fellows including Dr King, whose honorary, non-remunerated post will last for three years.
Prior to coming to Sussex, Dr King was a lecturer at the University of Manchester from 2012-14. He was also a Lecturer in Criminal Law and Evidence at the University of Leeds from 2009-12, and Director of the University of Leeds Innocence Project.
His research focuses on civil recovery (the method sometimes used to recover the proceeds of crime), particularly in Ireland, the UK and the EU.
His PhD, completed in 2010 at the University of Limerick, was on the confiscation of criminal assets.
In 2013, Dr King acted as National Expert (Ireland) for a study commissioned by the European Commission on the effectiveness of specific criminal law measures targeting organised crime. He is the co-editor of Dirty Assets: Emerging issues in the regulation of criminal and terrorist assets, published by Ashgate in 2014.
His teaching is in the areas of criminal law, criminal evidence, and financial crime.
Posted on behalf of: School of Law
Last updated: Monday, 19 January 2015
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