From 1st September 2023, Professor Warren Barr took up the role of Dean of Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. He is also (from June 2021) Vice Chair of the Committee of Heads of University Law Schools and Chair (from June 2020) of the the Modern Studies in Property Law Subject Board. Effective 2019, he has also been an academic member of the Property Bar Association.His research interests include charity law, social housing and property law, on which he has published extensively and presented numerous conference and seminar papers, and he is the author and co-author of a leading textbook on the areas of Equity & Trusts law (Barr & Picton 'Trusts and Equitable Obligations' (OUP)). Warren is an active member of the Charity Law and Policy Unit (University of Liverpool) having served as Director of the Unit in previous years and is now an honorary member.Professor Warren Barr started his career at Liverpool Law School as a Lecturer in Property Law in September 1997, having completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Reading. He was named National Law Teacher of the Year 2006, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007. In 2014, his contribution to leadership in learning and teaching was recognised by membership as a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, applied for through the University of Liverpool Teaching Recognition Award (ULTRA) scheme. He was appointed to a personal Chair in October 2014.Warren has had various roles over the years. He was the Academic Lead for Student Experience in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Liverpool University) from August 2013 to August 2016, having previously served the Faculty as Deputy Faculty Lead with responsibility for Academic Standards and Curriculum Quality in the academic year 2012-2013. He has undertaken numerous student-facing roles over his career in the Liverpool Law School, including Director of Learning and Teaching, Director of PGT programmes and Admissions Lead. From September 2017, Warren was Head of Department of Liverpool Law School until August 2021, when he took up the position of Interim Dean, School of Law and Social Justice (Liverpool).From 1st September 2022, Warren was Head of the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University.