Formal CV
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full name Richard Eric Susskind
E-mail
Date & place of birth 28th March 1961, Paisley, Scotland
Marital status Married (with 2 sons and 1 daughter)
HONOURS
Awarded OBE in the Millennium New Year's Honours List for services to IT in the Law and to the Administration of Justice
Education
1973 - 1978 Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow
1978 - 1982 University of Glasgow, Ll.B (First Class Honours)
1982 - 1983 University of Glasgow, Diploma in Legal Practice
1983 - 1986 Balliol College, Oxford, D.Phil, in computers and law (Snell Exhibitioner)
Fellowships
Since 1992 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Since 1997 Fellow, the British Computer Society
Since 1997 Fellow, the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Principal current positions
Since 2005 Honorary Professor, Gresham College, London
Since 1997 Independent consultant, writer, speaker
Since 2003 Chairman, Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
Since 1998 IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England
Since 1990 Professor (part-time), Centre for Law, Computers and Technology, University of Strathclyde
Other current responsibilities
Since 2002 Founding Member, Advisory Board of Oxford Internet Institute
Since 1999 Law columnist for The Times
Since 1997 Governor, The Haberdashers' Aske's Schools, Elstree
Since 1992 General Editor (Joint), International Journal of Law and Information Technology (Oxford University Press)
Since 1990 Member, The Lord Chancellor's ITAC (Information Technology and the Courts) Committee
Summary of main career prior to current positions
1994 - 1997 Member of Management Board, Masons (international law firm)
1989 - 1994 Special Adviser on Law and IT, Masons
1986 - 1989 Head of Expert Systems, Ernst & Young, UK
1984 - 1986 Tutor in Law, University of Oxford
Summary of past appointments
2002 - 2004 Council Member, Gresham College
2003 - 2004 Member, Freedom of Information Project Board (Department for Constitutional Affairs)
2000 - 2004 Gresham Professor of Law, London
2000 - 2001 Expert Consultee, Tribunals Review (by Sir Andrew Leggatt)
2000 - 2001 Expert Consultee, Criminal Courts Review (by Lord Justice Auld)
1999 - 2001 Member, Modernising Government Project Board (Cabinet Office)
1999 - 2001 Columnist for FT Director
1999 - 2001 Steering Group Member, British & Irish Legal Information Institute
1997 - 2001 Member, Lord Chancellor's Department's Civil Justice IT Strategy Group
1997 - 1998 Member, Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Review
1995 - 1996 IT Consultant to Lord Woolf's Access to Justice Inquiry
1994 - 2003 Court member, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
1994 Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Informational Technologists
1993 - 1997 Executive Committee Member, British and Irish Legal Education Technology Association
1992 Freeman, City of London
1992 Honorary Member, Society for Computers and Law
1990 - 1992 Chairman, Society for Computers and Law
1990 - 1992 Chairman, British Computer Society Strategy Review Panel's Group on IT and the Well-being of the Individual
1989 - 2002 Council member, Society for Computers and Law
1989 - 1992 Vice-Chairman, Society for Computers and Law