Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (born 12 May 1950), is a Scottish
barrister,
broadcaster, and
Labour member of the
House of Lords. She was
Principal of
Mansfield College, Oxford, from 2011 to 2018. A
bencher of
Gray's Inn, an Honorary Writer to the Signet and the recipient of 42
honorary degrees from many universities including those of Glasgow and Edinburgh in recognition of work on women and the law and on widening participation in higher education. She is president of
Justice, the law reform think tank, and director of the
International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). In 2024, Kennedy succeeded
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury as chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.
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