Clark Bryan Prof

Contact Details

Research Interests

His current research interests include civil dispute resolution, mediation and its interaction with lawyers and courts as well as company law, particularly corporate governance issues. He is happy to consider requests for PhD supervision in these broad areas.  His book, “Lawyers and Mediation” was published by Springer in 2012 and was shortlisted for the prestigious International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute) 2012 Outstanding Book Award.

 

For more details see: http://www.springer.com/law/international/book/978-3-642-23473-6

Ongoing Research

• Mediation and the Scottish Construction Industry – research into lawyers and clients’ attitudes and experiences (with Dr Andrew Agapiou, Department of Architecture)
• Inaugural Mediation Title for Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia.

Research Supervision

• Yuan Zhao: Corporate Governance and the Role of the Board of Directors: awarded 2010
• Hazel Baxter: Business Negotiation
• Aimee Asante: Environmental Justice
• Christopher Wing-To: Regulating Mediation (at the University of Stirling)
• Wan Ibrahim: Adjudication in the Malaysian Construction Industry (joint supervision with Dept of Architecture)
• Sherif Abdalall: Delay Analysis in Construction Disputes (joint supervision with Dept of Architecture)
• Tom Hutchieson: Negotiation Strategies and Scottish Lawyers
• Ewan Sutherland: Corruption in the Telecoms Industry (joint supervision with Dept of Management Science)

Teaching Interests

• LLB Commercial Law
• Law of Business Associations (Hons)
• LLM Comparative Company Law and Regulation
• Mediation (Hons)
• MSc Mediation: Law and Policy

Biographical Summary

Bryan Clark, BA (Robert Gordon), LLM (Dundee), PhD (Glasgow) joined the Law School in September 2004. Before joining Strathclyde, he was a Lecturer at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh from 1998 and has had previous stints as a tutor and/or lecturer at the University of Dundee, The Robert Gordon University and Aberdeen College. 

Administration

• Deputy Head of School
• Director of Teaching & Chair of Academic Advisory Group,
• Member of Leadership Team
• Member of HASS Faculty  Academic Committee

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor, John Marshall Law School, Chicago
• Member of UK Civil Mediation Council (Academic Committee)
• Trustee and Board Member ofScottish Mediation Network
• Accreditation and Validation Panel Member for Relationships Scotland
• External Examining at Universities of Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee and Heriot Watt
• PhD External Examiner, University of Glasgow (2007); University of Stirling (2010); University of Dundee (2012)
• Peer Reviewer for ESRC, Scottish Executive, British Academy, Carnegie Trust, Hong Kong Research Council, academic journals and book publishers

Ongoing Research

• Monograph with Kluwer/Springer on Lawyers and Mediation: An International Review
• Mediation and the Scottish Construction Industry – research into lawyers and clients’ attitudes and experiences (with Dr Andrew Agapoui, Department of Architecture)
• Member of International Research Consortium (Law and Society Association) on judicial settlement practices.