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Harriet Samuels is a Reader in Law at Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, where she has been teaching since 1999. She holds qualifications including LL.B (Hons), LL.M (Hons) Cantab, PhD, University of Westminster, and is a non-practising Barrister at Law. She is an active member of the Centre for Law Gender Race and Sexuality, contributing to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of legal theory and social justice.
Samuels completed her undergraduate and postgraduate legal education at Cambridge University (LL.B (Hons), LL.M (Hons)) followed by a PhD at the University of Westminster. Her academic journey reflects a deep commitment to legal scholarship with a focus on gender, race, and sexuality within legal frameworks.
Her research centers on the intersection of Public Law, Human Rights, and Feminist Legal Studies, with particular emphasis on feminist legal activism and methodology across historical and contemporary contexts. Samuels has developed significant expertise in analyzing how gender, race, and sexuality intersect with legal structures, examining issues such as the marriage bar for women teachers, feminist interventions in human rights law, and the role of civil society in human rights enforcement. Her work demonstrates consistent engagement with both theoretical frameworks and practical legal applications.
Analysis of her publications reveals a clear trajectory focusing on feminist legal methodology applied to public law and human rights contexts. Her work spans historical analysis of women's legal struggles, contemporary human rights issues, and the intersection of gender with legal structures. Key themes include feminist legal activism, the marriage bar in historical teaching professions, women's asylum issues, violence against women, and the role of civil society in human rights enforcement.
Samuels actively supervises doctoral research, with current and completed students working on topics including freedom of expression in higher education, intersectional analysis of women barristers, contract law convergence, and religion in pluralist states. Her supervision reflects her commitment to mentoring the next generation of legal scholars working on critical issues at the intersection of law and social justice.
She is actively involved with the Centre for Law Gender Race and Sexuality, where her research contributes to interdisciplinary dialogues about legal frameworks and social justice. Her work connects legal theory with practical advocacy, particularly through examining how feminist legal methodology can transform human rights adjudication and public law interpretation.
