Orla LYNSKEY
- Visiting professor, European Legal Studies Department
- Visiting professor, European Law and Economic Analysis
Orla Lynskey is Chair of Law and Technology and Vice Dean (EDI) at University College London Faculty of Laws.
She is also a Global Distinguished Professor of Law on the Notre Dame Law School London Programme where she teaches a seminar on EU Digital Regulation. She was previously an Associate Professor at LSE Law School (2012-2024) and worked in legal practice in Brussels (2007-2009).
Orla’s primary research interests are in EU Digital Regulation, with a particular focus on data protection, digital rights and regulatory theory. Orla is currently Editor-in-Chief of International Data Privacy Law, published by Oxford University Press, and a section editor for the Modern Law Review.
She holds law degrees from Trinity College Dublin, the College of Europe (Bruges) and the University of Cambridge and she is called to the Bar of England and Wales.