Daniel Monk

Professor Daniel Monk is a Professor of Law at Birkbeck Law School, part of the University of London's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He specializes in family law, children’s rights, education law, and the intersections of law with sexuality and religion. His research has addressed issues such as school dress codes, religious freedom, and inheritance law, with significant impact on public policy and legal frameworks.

Education: LLB from the University of Warwick (1987), LLM from the London School of Economics (1995). Professional roles include editorships of journals like Child and Family Law Quarterly and advisory roles in legal organizations. He has held visiting professorships at institutions like the University of Antwerp and Tel Aviv University.

Research focuses include siblings in public care, elective home education, and the socio-legal dimensions of wills and inheritance. His work has been recognized with awards such as the Birkbeck Public Engagement Award (2019) and Fellowship in the Academy of Social Sciences (2024). Key publications include Inheritance Matters: Kinship, Property, Law (2023) and articles on family law reform and legal theory.

Professional activities include advising on legal reforms, supervising doctoral students, and contributing to interdisciplinary debates on law and society. Current projects explore the relationship between law and art in inheritance contexts and the regulation of school policies.