Dr. Michael Leach

Biography

Michael Leach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Law and Governance at Tilburg Law School. He received his PhD (cum laude) from Tilburg Law School in September 2021, with a doctoral thesis entitled 'A Kaleidoscope Meaning Fragments: Understanding Rule Law's Paradoxes in International Development.' Prior to his PhD, he obtained an M.St. in Socio-Legal Research from Oxford University and an LL.M. in Comparative Law from McGill Law School. His educational background also includes a B.A. in Common Law from the University of Ottawa and an M.A. in Russian and East European Studies as well as a B.A. in History & Political Science from the University of Toronto. He is a Canadian lawyer and a member of the Bar of Ontario. From 2010 to 2012, he worked as a civil litigator in Toronto before returning to academia. Additionally, from 2008 to 2010, he worked in Afghanistan on international development projects as a legal consultant. His research interests focus on the Anthropocene, climate change law, development, systems, interdisciplinarity, and qualitative empirical methods. Currently, he teaches in the Global Law bachelor's program, co-teaches Introduction to Global Law, coordinates the Introduction to Global Law II course, and supervises master's theses in the LLM program in International Law and Global Governance. In December 2022, he was appointed Head of Teaching for the Department of Public Law and Governance at Tilburg University.

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