Mr Mark Mackarel

Mark is Associate Professor and the Subject Lead for the Law programmes run at the Cornwall campus in Penryn.

Mark joined Exeter Law School in Cornwall in August 2020 having previously taught law and criminal justice at Aberdeen, Dundee, St Mary's, Exeter and Portsmouth.

Working with colleagues in the Law team in Cornwall, Mark is interested in developing an 'active learning' curriculum for students that incorporates activities such as mock trials, negotiation, mediation and advocacy.

Mark is working with colleagues to embed teaching strategies that enable students to use generative AI in their legal study (and later employment) and on interactive learning activities that use AI.

Mark has a background in teaching criminal law, international criminal justice and human rights. Mark has an interest in developing internationalised perspectives of the curriculum and study skills with students.

Mark's teaching has been informed by his work examining human rights protection under the European Convention on Human Rights and through the prosecution of crimes against international law. His research has also examined the development of legal co-operation in countering cross-border crime.

Teaching for 2025/26

LAW2015C Law of Torts

LAW3110C Legal Research Paper (Module Convenor)

LAW3047C Dissertation (Module Convenor)

Research supervision:

Mark would be pleased to hear from students with an interest in research projects examining aspects of international criminal justice, comparative criminal criminal justice and international co-operation in criminal matters.

Undergraduate Dissertations

Mark can supervise undergraduate Dissertations and Research Projects for students based at the Penryn campus in the subject areas of:

Criminal law and criminal justice, international criminal law, human rights, organised crime, international legal co-operation in criminal matters and the Law of Tort.

Mark is also happy to discuss with students the development of their own proposals in these areas. Please email me to arrange a meeting: m.mackarel2@exeter.ac.uk

Mark's office is in the Peter Lanyon Building.

Office Directions

My office is on the ground floor of the Peter Lanyon Building (search the ‘Buildings’ tab on the map HERE.  Entering into Peter Lanyon from the entrance across from the Hub (Info at Penryn), go through the automatic door, then through the next set of double doors and my office is directly in front of you (Room AO93).

Campus Map

Contact details:

Mark Mackarel

Subject Lead for Law, Cornwall

Law Programme, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

University of Exeter

Penryn Campus

Cornwall  TR10 9FE