Michael-James Clifton

Michael-James Clifton is a barrister and the chef de cabinet of the President of the EFTA Court, Carl Baudenbacher. He obtained his LL.B. (EU) from the University of Leicester and his LL.M. Adv. from Leiden University cum laude and Valedictorian. Called to the Bar in 2009, he was formerly an Associate at VVGB in Brussels and stagiaire to Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston QC. From 2012 He was a Legal Secretary in the Chambers of President Baudenbacher. He completed his pupillage at Monckton Chambers. He is Co-Chair of the Procedural Law module on the Executive M.B.L. programme at St. Gallen University. He is also Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Law Reporter. He has been published a number of times and recently coordinated the publication of ‘The Handbook of EEA Law’ on behalf of the Editor.