Professor Bryan Clark is a Professor of Law and Civil Justice and the deputy head of academic affairs at the Newcastle Law School, United Kingdom. He had also spent 15 years as a professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Professor is a socio legal scholar with interests in mediation and alternative dispute resolution and in particular how these processes interact with formal civil justice and the workings of lawyers and judges. He is presently the Chair of the Validation and Accreditation Panel of Relationships Scotland, former Board Member of Scottish Mediation and former Member of the Civil Mediation Council’s Academic Committee. Professor was also a Member of the Expert Group for the recent Members Bill on promoting Mediation in Simple Procedure for the Scottish Parliament. He also a member of the advisory board of Lex Erudites.