Martin has over thirty years’ experience working in higher education primarily within a law school environment. He has worked and studied law in all the jurisdictions of the UK.
Martin most recently spent 6 years as Principal and CEO at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Argyll in Scotland, a unique institution in the UK which provides tertiary education spanning schools, further education, apprenticeships, and undergraduate and postgraduate higher education.
Prior to his role at UHI Argyll, Martin spent 15 years at Glasgow Caledonian University, where he held a number of leadership roles including Head of Law. During his time there, he established and ran the Learning Development Centre, a resource dedicated to supporting student academic and skills development, which focused on supporting students matriculating into university from further education colleges.
An advocate for technology in learning, Martin is passionate about widening access to the legal profession; he has been a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Education and Training Committee for the past five years. In 2025, he became a director of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership.
– LL.B.
– Jersey Law Course
– Guernsey Law Course
Claire is the Associate Dean of the Institute of Law, with oversight of our professional courses including the Jersey Law Course, Guernsey Bar Course and Manx Bar Examinations in addition to CPD and legal skills training.
Claire completed her LL.B in 1991, and her Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills with the City University, London in 1992. Having passed the Jersey Law Examinations, Claire was admitted as a Jersey Advocate in October 1997. She trained with a large offshore firm in Jersey and became a partner in a private client firm in 2005. In July 2006 Claire was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction in Management of Legal Practice by Nottingham Trent University. A sole practitioner since 2018; Claire has extensive experience in criminal and civil litigation. In recent years, her practice focussed on all aspects of family law.
Claire is a Jersey Law Commissioner in the field of family law. She has served as the Island’s Acting Batonnier, and she remains a Batonnier Substitute. Judicially, Claire was deputy chair of the Employment & Discrimination Tribunal for nine years and has sat as a family Judge in Jersey’s Royal Court.
Claire began to teach with the Institute of Law upon its foundation, initially as an adjunct professor, and she became an Associate Dean in 2023. Claire is a member of the Institute’s academic board. Currently, Claire lecturers in family law on the LL.B, Guernsey Bar and Jersey Law courses; she teaches law to aspiring social workers and professional ethics to aspiring lawyers. Claire contributes to the formulation and marking of examinations and skills assessments in three jurisdictions and is an advocacy trainer for the Jersey Bar.
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Highlands Lane,
St Saviour,
JE1 1HL
Top Floor, Turner Building,
University College Jersey,
Highlands Lane,
St Saviour,
JE1 1HL
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