Mike Sanderson

Mike was born in Saskatoon, Canada and holds dual British and Canadian nationality.  He read law as an undergraduate (LLB) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he graduated with a first-class degree.  

Mike holds graduate degrees in law (BCL, MPhil) from Oxford University, where he held a Overseas Research Scholarship, and public health (MSc) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where he held a Wellcome Studentship.  He has previously taught law at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford and Queen Mary and King’s Colleges, London.

Mike was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 2004 and completed pupillage in the Chambers of Lord Gifford QC (8 King’s Bench Walk).  Prior to joining the law school at the University of Exeter he served as a legal protection officer with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in North Africa, West Africa and the former Yugoslavia.  Mike continues to act as a consultant to UNHCR on issues related to citizenship and the prevention of statelessness.  Away from the university Mike sits as a member of the Professional Conduct Panel of the Teaching Agency.