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Richard Ridyard

School of Law

Faculty of Business and Law

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Richard is a senior lecturer in law at Liverpool John Moores University. He heads the International Corporate Law and Management postgraduate programme, which is a collaboration between the Business and Law Schools. And he is the lead for the Business, Corporate, Financial and Technology Unit.

Richard has presented widely, principally in the fields of financial regulation, company law, business management, organisational development, freedom of speech, media law, and AI. This includes presentations at the Institute of Humane Studies, McKinsey & Company, the Social Legal Studies Association, and the Art of Management & Organisation conference as well as leading universities such as Oxford, King’s College London, Virginia, and Brock. Richard has also been interviewed by the media, such as on BBC Radio Merseyside, and BBC North West Tonight. His published work has been cited by, amongst others, the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Seattle University Law Review, and the Washington University Law Review. Richard has also won research awards from the Society of Legal Studies, the Institute of Humane Studies, and LJMU. And he is one of the founding co-managing editors of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Risk Regulation, Law, and Policy.

Richard holds, or has held, fellowships at the Institute of Humane Studies, George Mason University (as a Humane Studies Fellow, and Bernard Marcus Fellow), the Higher Education Academy, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is also a Certified Management & Business Educator, SPRITE+ Expert Fellow, and an Associate of the Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law (APPEAL). Richard is a former associate editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.

Also holding awards for teaching, Richard leads the following postgraduate electives: International Corporate Finance Law; and International Investment Law. At undergraduate level, he teaches on the Law of Business Organisations, and Contract Law courses. He is a member of the School of Law's Teaching and Learning Committee, and is one of the governors of Mount Primary School. One of Richard's teaching-based focuses is on developing innovative pedagogy, such as games-based learning. He has also written and presented on this subject.

Richard studied law at the University of Oxford (BCL) and Liverpool John Moores University (LLB), receiving many academic prizes and scholarships, including a Charles Koch Foundation Dissertation Award, and a Liverpool Law Society Prize.

Degrees

University of Oxford, United Kingdom, BCL (Distinction)
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, LL.B. (First Class Honours)

Certifications

University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Preparation for Learning and Teaching Course
Higher Education Academy, Fellowship
Chartered Association of Business Schools, Certified Management & Business Educator

Postgraduate training

Teaching Training Seminar Program, United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2013 - 2014
Course in Legal Research Methods, United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2013 - 2014
Undergraduate Admissions Online Course, United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2013 - 2014
Introduction to Academic Practice at Oxford, United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2013 - 2014

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