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Dean Camp
Professor of Law

Martin L. Camp is the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at SMU Dedman School of Law where he also teaches Property, Real Estate Transactions and Land Use Law. Prior to being appointed to this position in 2005, he was a partner with the international law firm of Jones Day. He is a 1979 graduate with honors of SMU Dedman School of Law and has also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He is the author of a children’s book, Why Alligators Don’t Have Wings, Bright Books, Publisher, and of a book entitled Life on the High Wire, Faith and a Man’s Search for Balance, Dimensions for Living Division, Abingdon Press. He was selected as one of twelve authors for the book, 365 Meditations for Men, also published by Dimensions for Living, Abingdon. He co-authored a book, published by the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section entitled The Law Firm Associate’s Guide to Connecting with Your Colleagues.

He has served as the Co-Chair of the Dallas Bar Association Ethics Committee and is currently the Chair of the Dallas Bar Association Real Property Section, among other community service commitments. He has served on the Texas State Bar Legal Forms Committee which is charged with drafting the Texas Real Estate Legal Forms Manual. He has been a speaker at numerous Continuing Legal Education programs on topics involving real estate and ethics.

William J. Bridge
Associate Professor of Law
A member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Georgetown Law Journal, Professor Bridge was assistant dean and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center before accepting the Jervey Fellowship in Foreign Law from Columbia University in 1976-78. He studied at the Faculties of Letters and of Law at the University of Caen, France, in 1970-71, and at the French Court of Cassation, the French Council of State, and the French Center for Comparative Law in 1977-78. In 1984 and 1986, Professor Bridge was a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Fluent in French, he teaches criminal law and procedure, evidence, professional responsibility, comparative law, and law and literature. He publishes and pursues research in evidence, professional responsibility, criminal procedure, and foreign law.

OXFORD FACULTY

Anne Davies
Reader in Public Law, Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Dr. Anne Davies is Fellow and Tutor in Law at Brasenose College. She was awarded the title of Reader in Public Law in 2006. She studied at Oxford, completing the BA (winning the Gibbs and Martin Wronker Prizes) and the D.Phil. She was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1995 to 2001, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan in 1999. Dr Davies is the author of three books and numerous articles in the fields of public law and labor law.

N. Jane Hanna
College Lecturer
Ms. Hanna has 20 years experience teaching law at Oxford University specializing in Constitutional and Administrative Law and has a special interest in medical legal issues. She has 13 years experience teaching the British Legal system for Southern Methodist University and Georgia University during their summer courses in Oxford. She began pursuing evolving interests in lobbying, politics and research in 1997. Jane Hanna is a member of the District Council of the Vale of White Horse. Curriculum Vitae

Nicholas Barber
Fellow in Law
Mr. Barber is the Senior Law Fellow at Trinity College. He was formerly Law Fellow at Brasenose College. He specializes in public law, in particular constitutional theory. He has lectured on constitutional issues in America, Canada, Spain and Germany. He teaches Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Jurisprudence for the College. Curriculum Vitae

Nicholas Bamforth
CUF Lecturer
Mr. Bamforth, who holds a BCL and MA (Oxford), is a Fellow in Law at Queen's College. He has previously worked at UCL and Cambridge. In 2003-4, he was a Hauser Global Research Fellow at New York University. Since October 2006, he has been an elected member of Oxford's University Council. Curriculum Vitae

STAFF

Administrative Assistant:
SMU employs an Oxford Student who is available, as needed, day or night. The assistant has an office at University College and lives on site.

University Contact
Teresa Strike,
Operation Manager,
Domestic Bursary 01865 276676.
teresa.strike@univ.ox.ac.uk