Alex Hall

Alex Hall is Director of Legal and Compliance Services and University Solicitor at Herts. He is Chair of the Association of University Legal Practitioners, which brings together in-house lawyers from across the Higher Education sector in the UK and Ireland. He also advises the officers of University Alliance. His role on the Board is as a co-opted member of the professional staff nominated by the professional staff by means of an election by the professional staff as a whole.

Originally a commercial litigator, Alex spent a decade working in the City of London, with experience in fraud and financial litigation, before coming to Herts. Alex joined Herts in 2015 and, through the Association of University Legal Practitioners (AULP), has rapidly established himself as a leading lawyer in the higher education sector.

Alex is passionate about education and has wide experience in school governance, having served on the boards of three Hertfordshire schools. As Chair of Governors/Trustees at Beaumont School in St Albans, he worked with the school to achieve Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ status and pursued an ambitious capital works programme. He was named Hertfordshire’s Outstanding Governor of the Year in 2016. He is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, holding an MA in Modern History.