Academic career
Bedggood completed a Master of Arts degree in Latin at the University of Auckland in 1960,a Master of Arts degree at University College London in 1964,and a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Otago in 1978. [4] During the 1960s,she spent time tutoring classics in London,and observed the disparity of opportunity created by pervasive class discrimination. She credits this experience,and reading William Temple's book Christianity and Social Order,as creating her "desire to be an agent of change". [4] Her move from classics to law at age 32 was motivated by the practicalities of having small children and her work with Amnesty International,of which she had been a member since 1968. [5]
In the 1980s,Bedggood lectured in labour law at the University of Otago,where she met Professor Alexander Szakáts,who she describes as "the brilliant pioneer of labour law in New Zealand". [4]
In 1988,Bedggood was invited to apply to be the chief human rights commissioner,and she held the position from 1989 to 1994. During her tenure,the Human Rights Act 1993 was enacted. Following this,she spent five years as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato. [5] [4]
Bedggood has been a visiting fellow at Kellogg College,Oxford,and tutors in international human rights law. [6] Bedggood retired in 2003,but retains a position as an honorary professor at the University of Waikato and still supervises students. [5]
Bedggood served on the International Board of Amnesty International from 1999 to 2005. [4] She has been on the Refugee Council of New Zealand,and was a trustee of the Aotearoa New Zealand Peace and Conflicts Studies Centre at the University of Otago. [6]
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