Anna Lawson

• Equality law
• disability rights
• international human rights

Anna Lawson FBA FAcSS
Born	1966 (age 58–59) Holyhead, Wales
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Leeds Jesus College, Oxford
Institutions	University of Leeds

Anna Lawson, FBA , FAcSS (born 1966) is a British legal scholar specialising in disability and law. Since 2013, she has been Professor of Law at the University of Leeds. She was additionally joint director of the university's Centre for Disability Studies from 2015 to 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3]} She has also served as a special advisor to the House of Commons' Women and Equalities Committee and an expert advisor to the Council of Europe. ^[4]

Early life and education

Lawson was born in 1966 in Holyhead, North Wales. ^[5] She is blind, ^[1] having lost her sight through macular degeneration between the ages fo 7 and 25, ^[6] and was educated at Exhall Grange, a specialist school for visually impaired pupils. ^[5] She has a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree from the University of Leeds, and a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Laws (BCL) degree from Jesus College, Oxford. ^{[1] [5]} She was also awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the University of Leeds in 2015; her PhD was awarded by published work, rather than for a doctoral thesis. ^[7]

Honours

On 28 November 2017, Lawson was made an honorary bencher of Middle Temple. ^[8] In July 2022, she was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. ^[9] She is also an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). ^[10]

Selected works

• Lawson, Anna; Gooding, Caroline, eds. (2005). Disability rights in Europe: from theory to practice. Oxford: Hart Publishing. ISBN   978-1841134864.
• Lawson, Anna (2008). Disability and equality law in Britain: the role of reasonable adjustment. Oxford: Hart Publishing. ISBN   978-1841138282.
• Lawson, Anna; Schiek, Dagmar, eds. (2011). European Union non-discrimination law and intersectionality: investigating the triangle of racial, gender and disability discrimination. Farnham: Ashgate. ISBN   978-0754679806.
• Waddington, Lisa; Lawson, Anna, eds. (2018). The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in practice: a comparative analysis of the role of courts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0198786627.

References

1. "Professor Anna Lawson". School of Law. University of Leeds. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
2. "Anna Lawson". erc.europa.eu. European Research Council. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
3. "Professor Anna Lawson FBA". www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk. The British Academy. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
4. "Anna Lawson". ADALive!. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
5. "Lawson, Prof. Anna Margaret Muir, (born 8 Feb. 1966), Professor of Disability Law, since 2013, and Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Centre for Disability Studies, since 2015, University of Leeds". Who's Who 2024 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
6. "School of Law professor Anna Lawson elected to British Academy". essl.leeds.ac.uk. University of Leeds. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
7. Lawson, Anna (2015). Disabling and enabling law: a critical analysis of law's role in (tackling) the disablement of people with impairments (PhD by Published Work thesis). University of Leeds. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
8. "Masters of the Bench: Professor Anna Lawson". www.middletemple.org.uk. The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
9. "Record number of women elected to the British Academy". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. The British Academy. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
10. "Fellows: L". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2024.