Anna Lawson Explained

Anna Lawson, (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, 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. 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. 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Anna Lawson . School of Law . University of Leeds . 15 September 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Anna Lawson . erc.europa.eu . European Research Council . 15 September 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Professor Anna Lawson FBA . www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk . The British Academy . 15 September 2024.
4. Web site: Anna Lawson . ADALive! . 15 September 2024.
5. Web site: 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 . . Oxford University Press . 15 September 2024 . en . 1 December 2023.
6. Web site: School of Law professor Anna Lawson elected to British Academy . essl.leeds.ac.uk . University of Leeds . 15 September 2024 . en . 2 August 2022.
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 . University of Leeds . 15 September 2024.
8. Web site: Masters of the Bench: Professor Anna Lawson . www.middletemple.org.uk . The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple . 15 September 2024.
9. Web site: Record number of women elected to the British Academy . thebritishacademy.ac.uk . The British Academy . 14 September 2024 . 22 July 2022.
10. Web site: Fellows: L . Academy of Social Sciences . 15 September 2024.