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Beloff is the son of the historian [[Max Beloff, Baron Beloff]], and is therefore by courtesy styled 'the Honourable'. His mother was Helen Dobrin. He was educated at the [[Dragon School]], [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], and was President of the [[Oxford Union|Union]]. As President of the Union he passed a resolution in 1963 to allow women to have full membership for the first time.
He was [[called to the Bar]] at [[Gray's Inn]], where he later became a [[Bencher]] and was the Treasurer for 2008. He is the founder of a student prize at the Inn awarded for an essay on administrative law.<ref name="Gray's Inn 2014">
The term [[Plate glass university]] stems from the title of his book "The Plateglass Universities" (1970).<ref name="Beloff 1970">{{cite book | last=Beloff | first=Michael | title=The plateglass universities | publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press | publication-place=Rutherford N.J | year=1970 | isbn=978-0-8386-7550-2}}</ref>
Since 1995 he has been a member of the [[Jersey Court of Appeal]] and the Guernsey Court of Appeal. He sits on the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS), which deals with disputes including doping offences on behalf of the [[International Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Berlins|first=Marcel|title=Not strictly academic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/18/law.highereducation|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 June 2002}}</ref> He has also chaired the ethics commission of the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF), including investigations into IAAF treasurer [[Valentin Balakhnichev]] and Papa Massata Diack, son of IAAF president [[Lamine Diack]].<ref>Gibson, Owen (2014-12-13).</ref><ref name="Gibson 2014">{{cite web | last=Gibson | first=Owen | website=the Guardian | date=December 13, 2014 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/dec/13/iaaf-crisis-drugs-allegations-athletics | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>▼
▲He sits on the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS), which deals with disputes including doping offences on behalf of the [[International Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Berlins|first=Marcel|title=Not strictly academic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/18/law.highereducation|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 June 2002}}</ref> He has also chaired the ethics commission of the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF), including investigations into IAAF treasurer [[Valentin Balakhnichev]] and Papa Massata Diack, son of IAAF president [[Lamine Diack]].<ref>Gibson, Owen (2014-12-13).<ref name="Gibson 2014">{{cite web | last=Gibson | first=Owen | website=the Guardian | date=December 13, 2014 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/dec/13/iaaf-crisis-drugs-allegations-athletics | access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>
He served as President of [[Trinity College, Oxford]], from 1996 to 2006 and was succeeded by [[Ivor Roberts (ambassador)|Ivor Roberts]]. Trinity College now awards a Michael and Judith Beloff Scholarship.<ref>http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/pages/admissions/grants-and-scholarships.php</ref> Trinity College's debating society also runs the annual Michael Beloff After-Dinner Speaking Competition, open to members of the college. He represented [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in the Independent Arbitration Panel for the case [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] v [[FA Premier League]]. On 3 July 2007, the panel dismissed the claim by Fulham F.C. and Sheffield United F.C.
==Personal life==
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