Amber Marks

Barrister

Amber Marks is a British barrister and author, daughter of infamous convicted drug smuggler, and author Howard Marks.

After working as a lawyer in private practice and in the UK government legal service, she took up research on the increasing use of sniffer dogs and other olfactory surveillance methods. She has written an account of her research for the popular market, Headspace (published 2008). She also works in forensic science and criminal justice technologies. She is a trustee of Release. 

Marks has taught at the London School of Economics, Queen Mary, University of London and King's College London. She co-directs the Criminal Justice Centre at QMUL.