Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government, the Dean of Durham Law School (2016-21), Executive Member of the Fabian Society and policy advisor to the Labour Party. He is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, The Times and frequent broadcast commentator for BBC News, CNN, ITV News, Sky News and international media. Thom Brooks is an award-winning author, public speaker, the UK’s only Professor of Law and Government and senior policy advisor to the Labour Party. He is the Dean of Durham University’s Law School, President of the Society of Legal Scholars and sits on the Executive Committees of both the Fabian Society and the Society of Labour Lawyers. Brooks has visited at the universities of Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Nice, Oxford, Penn, St Andrews, Uppsala and Yale. A leading advocate for the academic voices in public debates and for the public understanding of UK immigration law and policy for two decades, he has made over two thousand media appearances since 2013 regularly speaking on BBC One, BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and international broadcasters including Al Jazeera, CNN, Deutsche Welle and France 24. His freelance columns are published in the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, The Times and many others. Brooks is quoted by the Electoral Commission in support of its recommendation to change the wording of the EU Referendum. His research is cited by the Connecticut Supreme Court in Santiago II finding the death penalty unconstitutional in that US state. His work was recognized by Research Councils UK in its report about the top 100 big ideas in British universities. He lives in County Durham.
