Dr Samantha Schnobel

Dr Samantha Schnobel

Birmingham Law School
Associate Professor in Tort Law
Deputy Head of Education

Contact details

Address
Birmingham Law School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Samantha’s primary teaching and research interests lie in the fields of tort and professional ethics, specifically those areas which bear upon the construction of human and nonhuman health-related negligence claims.

In the past, Samantha has written on professional duties and standards of care, and has consulted on the creation of professional guidance and competency standards for various national and international regulators.

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Qualifications

  • BA cum laude in History (Concentrations in Classical and Renaissance History) and Ethics, University of Northern Iowa
  • LLB (Hon.) (University of Birmingham)
  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • PhD (University of Birmingham)

Biography

Samantha joined Birmingham Law School as a Lecturer in September 2017. Whilst completing her thesis (entitled, ‘Prioritising the Best Interests of the Animal and Re-Framing Veterinary Negligence’), she also worked as a Visiting Lecturer at King’s College London and a Postgraduate Teaching Associate at Birmingham Law School.

Samantha graduated from Birmingham Law School with an Honours LLB in 2011 and returned to Canada where she worked in a Toronto law firm as a legal researcher, contributing quarterly updates and written additions to the text “Damages for Breach of Contract” by Harvin D. Pitch and Ronald M. Snyder.

Teaching

  • Tort (Module Lead)
  • Legal Issues in Health Care
  • Advanced Property
  • Advanced Tort
  • Land

Research

Samantha’s research interests lie in the fields of professional negligence and ethics, specifically in the areas of human and nonhuman medicine.  Her research focuses on the legal and ethical considerations pertaining to the duty of care in human and non-human health-related negligence claims.     

Other activities

Deputy Director of Education (Specialised Programmes and LLB Graduates)

Publications