Curriculum vitae

Professor dr. juris Geir Stenseth: Curriculum vitae
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Geir Stenseth
April 22, 1965
Solstad, Liervegen, 31, 2849 Kapp, Norway
Education:
1990
Cand. jur., University of Oslo – Norwegian law degree
1990
His Majesty the King’s Gold Medal (topic: Oil trading)
2005
Dr. juris, University of Oslo – Norwegian doctoral degree in law
(topic: A comparative legal analysis of common lands and coownership in respect of Norwegian outfields)
Experience:
1988 – 1989
Research assistant, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law
Thesis: Stenseth, Geir / Are Stenvik: Oljeterminhandel, Oslo 1989
(topic: Oil trading)
1990 – 1991
Legal assistant, The Judge Advocate General (Norwegian
Military prosecuting authority)
1991 – 1992
Senior executive officer, Ministry of Justice, Department of
Legislation
1992 – 1994
Deputy judge, District Court of Valdres
1994 – Present
Attorney-at-law, Law firm in Gjøvik. Extensive litigation
experience on property law
1997 – Present
Appointment as Judge advocate (Norwegian Military
prosecuting authority). Prosecuting attorney in a number of cases
2001 – 2005
Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Doctoral thesis: Stenseth, Geir: Almenningens janusansikt. En
sammenlignende rettslig analyse av almennings- og sameieforhold i
norsk utmark, Oslo 2005 (topic: Property law)
Member of Research Group in Natural Resources Law
Lecturing Property law
2001 – 2004
Subeditor of ”Lov og Rett” (Norwegian professional journal for
legal matters)
2006 – 2010
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of
Oslo
Member of Research Group in Natural Resources Law
Lecturing: Property law; Legal Ethics
01.01.2007 – Present
Member of the Editorial board of ”Tidsskrift for eiendomsrett”
(Norwegian professional journal for property law)
2007 – 2008
Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley School of Law,
Center for the Study of Law & Society
2010 – Present
Professor of Law, Lillehammer University College
Lecturing: Property Law; Legal Method
Member of Research Group in Natural Resources Law,
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
2011–2014
Head of Department of Law, Lillehammer University College
2013–2014
Vice Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lillehammer University
College
2014–2015
Visiting Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley School of Law, Center for the
Study of Law & Society.
Referee for (selected): Mc Gill Law Journal, Tidsskrift for rettsvitenskap, Retfærd, Jussens Venner, Lov
og Rett, Tidsskrift for eiendomsrett, Tidsskriftet Utmark.
Reviewer for: Doctoral degrees, tenure and promotional cases at other universities on several
occasions.
Board member and chairman of several boards of directors, currently serving as chairman of the
board of the Norwegian bank Totens Sparebank (listed on the Oslo
Stock Exchange).
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