Nicola Padfield
| Nicola Padfield | |
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| 8th Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge | |
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Assumed office October 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Lethbridge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Nicola Margaret Helme 16 May 1955 Windlesham, Surrey, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Padfield (m. 1978) |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater |
St Anne's College, Oxford Darwin College, Cambridge University of Aix-Marseille |
| Profession | Barrister and legal scholar |
Nicola Margaret Padfield (née Helme; born 16 May 1955) is a British barrister and academic. She is the current Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, since her appointment in October 2013. She is Reader in Criminal and Penal Justice in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. In addition to her academic work, she is a Recorder of the Crown Court, and a Bencher of the Middle Temple.
Padfield was born on 16 May 1955 in Windlesham, Surrey, England. She then studied Jurisprudence at St Anne's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976; as per tradition, her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. She then studied for a Diploma in Criminology at Darwin College, Cambridge, which she completed in 1977. From 1978 to 1979, she studied French Law at the University of Aix-Marseille, and completed a Diplome des Etudes Superieures.
Padfield was called to the bar on 27 July 1978. She then practised as a criminal law barrister. On 31 October 2002, she was appointed a Recorder (a part-time judge) She sits in the South Eastern Circuit and the Crown Court. She became a Bencher of Middle Temple on 3 February 2009.
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