Laurence Atkin-Teillet

Role

I am a Lecturer in International Criminal and Humanitarian Law at Nottingham Law School, where I teach a range of subjects within Public International Law. Alongside my teaching, I supervise dissertations in International Environmental Law, the Law of the Sea, and International Criminal Law.

I currently lead several modules, including Laws of Armed Conflict (LLB), Public International and Humanitarian Law (LLM), International Environmental and Climate Change Law (LLM), and Expression Rights (LLM). I am also an active researcher and member of the Centre for Rights and Justice.

Career overview

I graduated in 2017 with dual degrees in Law and English and Spanish Civilisations from the University of Nantes, France. I then continued my studies at the University of Bergen, Norway, focusing on international climate and energy governance.

My passion for environmental and international law led me to pursue an LL.M. in Natural Resources Law at the University of Aberdeen (2021), followed by a second master’s degree at the University of Limoges, specialising in International and Comparative Environmental Law. My dissertation, Ecological Interventionism in International Environmental Law, was published on the Aurore platform in 2022.

In 2025, I completed my PhD at Nottingham Law School, where my research explored the intersections between environmental activism and high seas piracy.

Between 2023 and 2025, I taught as an Hourly Paid Lecturer at Nottingham Law School, contributing to modules in International, Comparative and European Law (LLB), International Criminal Justice (LLB), and Terrorism and International Response (LLM).

Since 2025, I have been a full-time Lecturer in International Criminal and Humanitarian Law, teaching across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Modules currently taught:

• LL.M. Expression Rights (Module Leader)
• LL.M. Public International and Humanitarian Law (Module Leader)
• LL.M. International Environmental and Climate Change Law (Module Leader, with Dr Okechukwu Aholu)
• LL.B. International Criminal Justice (Lectures and Seminars)
• LL.B. Public International Law (Lectures)
• LL.B. Laws of Armed Conflict (Lectures and Seminars, Module Leader with Dr Daniel Gough)
• LL.B. Legal and Professional Environment (Seminars)
• LL.B. Immigration Law (Seminars)

External activity

My research interests lie mainly in the Law of the Sea, International Criminal Law, and International Environmental Law, with a particular focus on the governance of the high seas.