Richard Moorhead

Professor Richard Moorhead is a distinguished academic in Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter's Law School. His interdisciplinary research spans lawyers’ ethics, regulation, courts, legal services, and access to justice, collaborating with economists, management scientists, and psychologists. He has held advisory roles on the Data Evidence and Science Board at the Ministry of Justice, the Civil Justice Council, and the Legal Services Consultative Panel, and advises the Women and Equalities Select Committee on NDAs.

• Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2019)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (2016)
• Editorial board member: International Journal of the Legal Profession

His research encompasses Law in context, Commercial law, Legal systems, Public law, Criminology, and Environmental and resources law. Recent publications focus on systemic injustices in the Post Office Scandal, regulatory ethics, and the intersection of technology and legal processes.

Scientific awards include:

• Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2019)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (2016)