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Academic Management Team 

Academic Management team

​​​​​​​2024/25

Role 

Member of Staff 24/25

Dean of School

Volker Roeben 

Deputy Dean (Research)

Aileen McHarg (until December 2024)

Deputy Dean (Education)

Rachel Avery
Deputy Dean (International and Strategic Development) Lei Chen

Director of PGR

Andy Hayward 

Directors of PGT

Can Eken and Catherine O'Rourke

Directors of UG Studies

Dimitrios Kagiaros and Jonathan Mukwiri

Directors of Admissions (UG and PGT)

Pierre Schammo and Lana Ashby 

Climate and Sustainability Lead Smith Azubuike

Director of Research Funding

Catherine O'Rourke

Director of Research Impact

Clare McGlynn

Chair of Ethics & Data Protection

Adefolake Adeyeye

Chair of UG Board of Examiners

Emma Milne 

Deputy Chair of UG Board of Examiners  David Lawrence

Chair of LLM Board of Examiners

Ronan Feehily

ECR Coordinator

Johanna Jacques

Director of Equality and Diversity

Chloe Romanis

Director of People and Culture

Matt Nicholson 

Director of Employability

Philip Bennett

Summer School Coordinator (International Arbitration)

Can Eken

Summer School Coordinator (Chinese Law)

Ge Chen

PGR Scholarships Coordinator Chris Bevan
REF Coordinators

Aileen McHarg and Clare McGlynn

Environment Champion

Adebola Adeyemi

PGR Development Coordinator

David Lawrence

Social Secretary

Benedict Douglas

International exchange and Placement Coordinator 

Jieying Liang

Durham Law School Society of Legal Scholars Representative

Dafni Lima

Directora of International Development

Clara Martins Pereira and Ronan Feehily