Catherine Barnard

Catherine Sarah Barnard is a British academic, who specialises in European Union, employment, and competition law. She has been Professor of European Union and Employment Law at the University of Cambridge since 2008. She has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge since 1996, and is the college's Senior Tutor.

Education Barnard read law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (MA Cantab), and the European University Institute (LLM). She earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Cambridge. She was appointed Reader in European Union Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 1 October 2004. On 1 October 2008, she was awarded a chair as Professor of European Union and Employment Law.

In 2020, Barnard was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

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