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Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute
Cheryl Thomas is the UK's first professor of Judicial Studies, the country's leading expert on judges and juries, and a specialist in judicial decision-making and diversity.
She conducts the UK Judicial Attitude Survey (a longitudinal study of the working lives of judges) for the judiciaries of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
She teaches regularly for the Judicial College and is one of the editors of the Crown Court Compendium (providing guidance on jury directions in criminal cases). She has served as a consultant on judicial affairs to the Judiciaries of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial College of England and Wales, the Scottish Judicial Institute, Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and the Council of Europe among others.