Professor Emily Jackson

Biography

Emily Jackson is a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. She has previously worked at Oxford University, Cambridge University, Birkbeck College and Queen Mary, University of London. She is a member of the BMA Medical Ethics Committee and the Ethics Committees of the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Physicians.

Emily sits on the Advisory Board of BIOS, at the LSE, and on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the Modern Law Review, Biosocieties, and the Journal of Law and Society. She joined the HFEA in June 2003. 

Emily has written widely in the field of medical law, particularly on the regulation of reproductive issues. In 2002, her book 'Regulating Reproduction' won the Society of Legal Scholars Annual Book Prize. Her textbook, Medical Law, was published by Oxford University Press in 2006.

Appointment until: 30 November 2008

Personal interests

Consultancies and/or direct employment: Professor of Medical Law, Queen Mary, University of London

Fee-paid work other than that associated with the HFEA:

• External examining
• Occaional honoraria for lectures and for acting in an advisory capacity

Shareholdings: None

Other Public Appointments: None

Other: Author royalties from academic publishers