The Walter S. Owen Lecture

Laverne Jacobs is a Full Professor and legal scholar at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law where she holds the Research Chair in Disability Equality & Administrative Justice. Professor Jacobs is an elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the first Canadian to serve on this UN Human Rights Treaty Body.  

Professor Jacobs teaches, researches and writes in the areas of disability rights law, administrative law, human rights law, and administrative justice. Her work sits at the intersection of disability equality law and administrative law and justice. Her scholarship is characterized by an interest in the everyday work of the administrative justice system and in the lived experiences of the people who use it, particularly persons with disabilities. As a legal scholar and author, she has published and presented extensively in her fields, both in Canada and internationally. Dr. Jacobs is the recipient of a number of awards including the Canadian Bar Association Touchstone Award (2021) and the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) Academic Excellence Award (2022).