Professor Les Moran is a former head of Birkbeck’s School of Law and one of the key players in establishing the Law School’s international reputation. His cutting-edge scholarship, and campaigning on behalf of LGBTQ+ rights, shows scholarship and activism at its best. Les was also instrumental in putting criminology and justice policy research on the map at Birkbeck. 

Professor Moran has written and researched extensively on matters relating to sexuality and law, criminal justice, with particular reference to hate crime, law and visual culture and the judiciary. He has a keen interest in multidisciplinary and empirical legal research.