David Sixsmith is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Law and the programme leader for the Legal Practice Course and postgraduate SQE provision at the University of Sunderland. He is a non-practising solicitor and has previously been a partner at a high street firm. He is heavily involved with the development of profession-facing legal education and teaches dispute resolution and wills and administration of estates at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.