Dr Steve Foster

Dr Steve Foster

Honorary Fellow

Dr Steve Foster has taught at Coventry Law School for 50 years. He joined Coventry University from UCL in 1976, eventually becoming Head of School in 2015.

Steve is a leading authority on human rights, with particular expertise in privacy, freedom of speech, and the rights of prisoners. His textbooks on human rights and legal writing have run into several editions, and he is a regular contributor to leading academic journals.

Steve is the founding editor of the Coventry Law Journal – one of the longest running in-house law journals in the UK.

In 2025, Steve retired from full-time work at Coventry Law School, but continues to support the work of the school through his leadership of the Coventry Law Journal, academic publishing, and contributing to the Coventry Law School Blog.

Curriculum Vitae

LL.B.(Hons) – Manchester Polytechnic 1975

LL.M. – University College London 1976

Ph.D. – Coventry University 2005

Subjects Taught

Rights, Justice and the State

Accolades

Faculty of Business and Law, Long-standing Achievement Award 2018

Selected Publications

  • ‘The formula for justifying dismissal and discipline for diversity-critical speech’, (2024) 29(1) Coventry Law Journal 41.
  • ‘Civil servants & the law: when laws collide’ (2024) 174(8082) New Law Journal 11.
  • ‘AK v Russia: Private Life, Sexual Orientation and Dismissing Teachers for Sexual Posts on Social Media’ (2024) 35(6) Entertainment Law Review 213.

What students say about Steve…

“Excellent Professor”

“The workshops are very engaging. Steve always posts recent developments on AULA which are easy to follow and interesting. They also are very useful for our coursework.“

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