Dr Samantha Schnobel

• 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)

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.

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

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.     

Deputy Director of Education (Specialised Programmes and LLB Graduates)