I am a lecturer at the University of Staffordshire, where I completed my PhD. My research interests include Public International Law, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, International Relations, and Statehood. In recent years I have worked with the United Nations in doing preliminary research to assess the access to human rights for persons with Albinism in the UK.
I have supervised undergraduate dissertations, taught at all levels of the LLB, and some of the International Relations modules. I am an Associate Fellows of the Higher Education Academy and member the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Socio-legal Studies Association, and the Society of Legal Scholars.
Prior to my PhD, I completed a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Law and an LLB. I have two year's practical experience as a solicitor in South Africa, mainly in commercial litigation and family law.
Professional memberships and activities
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
- Member of the Socio-legal Studies Association
- Member of the Society of Legal Scholars
Academic qualifications
- PhD 'Modernising the Montevideo Convention: A Redefined Concept for the 21 st Century' University of Staffordshire
- LLB (Hons) University of South Africa
- BA Law and Political Science North West University (South Africa)
Expertise
- Public International Law
- International Criminal Law
- International Human Rights Law
- International Relations
- Statehood
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Contract Law
Research interests
- Public International Law
- International Criminal Law
- International Human Rights Law
- International Relations
- Statehood
- Teaching Administrative Law
- English Legal Systems
Publications
Publications Spence, SC, Fellows, E, Miti-Drummond, M, Mbuli-Robertson, S, 'Study on the Representations of Persons with Albinism in the UK: Challenges to Human Rights Protections for Persons with Albinism' (forthcoming July 2023)