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Dr Neil Graffin is a senior lecturer in law and head of department at The Open University (OU). He is also the chair of the OU Sanctuary Advisory Network. Neil’s research interests are within immigration law, asylum law, human rights and wellbeing. Neil is currently the principal investigator in a British Academy/Leverhulme-funded project which looks at the legal consciousness of search and rescue volunteers who save the lives of people making dangerous crossings in the Mediterranean. Neil is also conducting research on the supporting and guiding role of barrister’s clerks in the legal profession. He is also conducting empirical research on perceptions of wellbeing among managers and leaders in the legal profession. Neil holds a PhD in Law from Queen’s University Belfast. He is also an associate lecturer with The Open University and he regularly works with charities to develop educational resources.