John Keers

John Keers graduated from Ulster University in 2005 and went on to study his Human Rights master’s degree at Ulster University’s Transitional Justice Institute and graduated in 2010.

He commenced lecturing on a part-time basis that same year on various modules including Company Law, Land Law, and Introduction to Property Law. In 2014 he started to lecture on a full-time basis and currently is Module Coordinator for various undergrad and postgrad modules. While primarily based at the Belfast Campus, where he is the Course Director for the LLM in International Commercial Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution he also teaches across all campuses. 

His main research interests are within the fields of Online Dispute Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate Law, Company Law and Land Law. 

John is a qualified barrister and mediator he is a member of the Northern Ireland Bar and has practitioner experience in contentious probate, land disputes, consumer credit and repossession, commercial disputes, construction disputes, and personal injury.