Eric M. Barendt is the Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London.
After graduating with a BCL and an MA degree at Oxford, Barendt was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn.
He began lecturing in law as a fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford in 1971.
[1] In 1990 he left Oxford to take up a position as Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London, the first media law professorship in the United Kingdom.
[1] He also teaches jurisprudence at the undergraduate level.