Emily Kidd White

Emily Kidd White is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Her academic career spans legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, and public international law, with a focus on law and emotions. She holds degrees from Queen’s University (BAH, JD) and New York University (LLM, JSD), having earned the Jerome Lipper Prize for Distinction during her LLM.

• Education:
  • BAH (Politics/Philosophy) – Queen’s University (First Class Degree)
  • JD – Queen’s University (Dean’s Honour List)
  • LLM (Jerome Lipper Prize for Distinction) – NYU
  • JSD – NYU

Her research explores legal argumentation, the public nature of law, and the role of emotions in legal reasoning. She has contributed extensively to discussions on judicial emotions, constitutional guarantees, and the affective dimensions of human dignity in international human rights law.

Recent publications include work on thick concepts in precedent, emotional architecture in legal interpretations, and comparative analyses of dignity jurisprudence. She serves as General Editor for the Supreme Court Law Review Annual Osgoode Constitutional Cases Review and has held editorial roles at the European Journal of International Law.

Scientific awards:

• Jerome Lipper Prize for Distinction (LLM, NYU)
• Trudeau Foundation Scholar (doctoral studies)

Professor Kidd White supervises graduate students in philosophical research areas and has served on numerous doctoral and master’s committees. She co-organized Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference since 2018 and received a grant for Edinburgh Legal Theory (2024-2025).