Graham John Zellick (born 12 August 1948) is a former

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of the

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, serving from 1997 to 2003. He was previously

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Queen Mary and Westfield College Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London. Today, ...

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from 1991 to 1998.

Early life

The son of R. H. Zellick and B. Sabovinsky, he was educated at Christ's College in

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, before going to

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, where he obtained a MA and a

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, and then to

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, where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow from 1970 to 1971.

Positions

Professor Zellick served as Electoral Commissioner (2001–06) and was for nearly 20 years an academic lawyer at

QMUL Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

, where he was Head of the Department of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Laws, Professor of Public Law and Drapers' Professor of Law. He was also Chairman of the Committee of Heads of UK Law Schools and a member of the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Legal Education. He was Editor of ''

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'' and founding Editor of European Human Rights Reports, as well as a member of the Data Protection Tribunal, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel, the

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, the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee and a member of the Legal Aid and the Criminal Justice Council. Also appointed a

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, he is a qualified

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and Master of the Bench of the

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. Zellick is an Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences. An Emeritus Professor of Law of the University of London, Visiting Professor of Law of Queen Mary and Honorary Professor of Law of the

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, he has also been elected a Fellow of the

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, an Honorary Fellow of the

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and a Companion of the

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. Zellick was, in 2010, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow to the New Zealand Law Foundation.

Honours

Zellick was appointed a

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in 2009 "for services to the administration of justice" and became a

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(KC) in 2010.

Personal life

In 1975 he married Jennifer Temkin (Professor of Law of the

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, 1992–2012, ''now'' Emerita); they have one son and one daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zellick, Graham 1948 births Living people Academics of Queen Mary University of London Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English King's Counsel Honorary King's Counsel People educated at Christ's College, Finchley Stanford University alumni Vice-chancellors of the University of London Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts

Early life

Positions

Honours

Personal life

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