Contributors

Senior Lecturer at Law at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She holds an LL.B (Hons) from the Australian National University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. Dominique Allen is interviewed in Class 9, on the topic of U.S. and U.K. influence on Australian anti-discrimination law.

Queen’s Counsel and Head of Cloisters, a leading barristers' chambers in the UK. He holds an M.A. in Philosophy Politics and Economics from University College, Oxford. He is a Bencher of Middle Temple and Chair of the Bar Council’s Equality & Diversity and Social Mobility Committees. Robin Allen is interviewed in Class 10, on the topic of gender equality in the U.K. legal profession.

Barrister at Littleton Chambers in London, UK. She holds an MA in law from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge and an LL.M from Harvard Law School. She is a member of the Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA), the Constitutional & Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA), United Kingdom Association of European Law (UKAEL), Bar European Group (BEG), Bar Pro-Bono Unit, and Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL). Katherine Apps is interviewed in Class 3, on the topic of procedural barriers in U.K. equality law.

Shreya Atrey is an Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford, where she is also an associate member of the Oxford Human Rights Hub and a Fellow of Kellogg College. Atrey was a Hauser Postdoctoral Global Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. She completed a DPhil (PhD) in Law and BCL (Dist.) from University of Oxford on the Rhodes Scholarship and holds a B.A. LL.B. (Hons) from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. She works on comparative equality law, social rights and poverty. She has taught European Human Rights Law at Oxford and has served as the Chairperson of Oxford Pro Bono Publico and Editor-in-Chief of the NALSAR Student Law Review. Shreya Atrey is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of global approaches to equality law, and Class 2, on intersectionality in equality law.

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Lawyer, bar leader, and political activist practicing in Paris, France. He is a Partner at Smith d’Oria and associated with the Hobson Cabinet. He holds degrees from the Sorbonne, University College London and Harvard Law School. He is the director of the Inter Pacific Bar Association, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and French Industry in Japan, and a founder of the Paris Club of the Twenty-First Century. Jean-Claude Beaujour is interviewed in Class 8, on the topic of French citizenship and diversity.

Senior Researcher in European Law at T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague) and Assistant Professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam. He holds an LL.M. from the College d’Europe and a Ph.D. from the European University Institute. He previously taught at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, York University, Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca, and Tel Aviv University. Uladzislau Belavusau is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of European anti-discrimination mechanisms, and Class 2, on U.S. influence on European anti-discrimination law.

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Alysia Blackham is an Associate Professor and Discovery Early Career researcher at Melbourne Law School. She was previously the Turpin-Lipstein Fellow and College Lecturer in Law and Director of Studies at Clare College, Cambridge; an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge; an employment law solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney; a lecturer at the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales; and Executive Officer to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Corporate Services) at the University of Technology, Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law, and a Ph.D. in Law from Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge. She previously worked as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills, and as a Fellow in Law at Clare College, Cambridge. Alysia Blackham is interviewed in Class 3, on the topic of intergenerational fairness and age discrimination.

Class 3

Michael Boucai is a Professor of Gender & Sexuality, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Legal History at SUNY Buffalo Law School. He holds a B.A. in history from Yale, a J.D. from Georgetown, and an M.Phil. from Cambridge. He previously clerked for the Honorable Rosemary Barkett and served as the Sears Law Teaching Fellow at UCLA School of Law. Michael Boucai is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of the history of same sex marriage, and Class 11, on surrogacy and same sex couples.

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Professor of Law at the University of Cergy-Pontoise. She is co-directing a research group on anti-discriminatory policies. As an expert in anti-discrimination law, she has been appointed to the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme (the French "National Human Rights Institution" accredited by the United Nations) and to the committee "Lutte contre les discriminations et promotion de l'égalité" of the Defender of Rights (the French Equality body). Gwénaële Calvès is interviewed in Class 1, on the topics of gender quotas and French secularism; in Class 4, on European influence on French anti-discrimination law; in Class 5, on indirect discrimination in France; in Class 10, on gender parity; and in Class 16, on the headscarf controversy in France.

At the time that the late Judge Caron participated in our web course, he was Dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He subsequently served as Judge on the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (IUSCT). He was previously the C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. He holds a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a J.D. from University of California at Berkeley, and a doctorandus from Leiden University. David Caron is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of the value of comparative law; in Class 6, on bullying and sexual harassment; and in Class 9, on diversity in British higher education.

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Researcher and Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, the Catholic University of Lille, and the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne). She was previously a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley School of Law and Stanford Law School. Ounia Doukoure-Pecchioli is interviewed in Class 8, on the topic of French citizenship and racial identity.

Class 8

Queen’s Counsel, Joint Head of Littleton Chambers, Vice-Chairman of the Bar Standards Board, Deputy High Court Judge and Recorder of the Crown Court. She is also a Bencher of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, in London, and General Editor of Butterworths Employment Law: Practice, Procedure & Precedents, Fifth Edition. She holds an MA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford (New College). Naomi Ellenbogen is interviewed in Class 4, on the topic of discrimination litigation in the U.K., and Class 11, on religious opposition to adoption.

Partner and Director of Workplace Culture Consulting at Morgan Lewis. When Chai Feldblum participated in our web course, she was Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in her second term. She was previously a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center where she founded the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Chai Feldblum is interviewed in Class 3, on the topics of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. employment discrimination law, and in Class 11, on sexual orientation and gender anti-discrimination law in the workplace.

Class 3, Class 11

Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States at Oxford University. She holds degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of Witwatersrand. She is the Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub. Sandra Fredman is interviewed in Class 2, on the topic of European influence on U.K. anti-discrimination law, in Class 4, on the topic of European anti-discrimination directives, in Class 5, on the topic of indirect discrimination, in Class 6, on the topic of employment anti-discrimination enforcement in the U.K. and Europe, and in Class 9, on South African equality law.

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Dr. Prabha Kotiswaran is a Professor of Law & Social Justice at King’s College London and PI for a European Research Council Consolidator Grant on the Laws of Social Reproduction. When she participated in our web course, she was a Reader in Law & Social Justice at King’s College London. She holds an undergraduate law degree from the National Law School of India University and an LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School. Her areas of research include criminal law, transnational criminal law, sociology of law, postcolonial theory and feminist legal theory. Dr. Prabha Kotiswaran is interviewed in Class 2, on the topic of governance feminism, and Class 6, on comparative approaches to anti-trafficking laws.

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Director of Legal Expertise to the General Secretariat for the Defender of Rights (formerly HALDE). She holds degrees from McGill University School of Law in Montreal, Canada and from the University of Paris West Nanterre. After practicing litigation in Canada, she joined the first French anti-discrimination body, the GELD, in 2000 and contributed to the creation of the French equality body since 2002. Her particular field of interest is the translation of discrimination litigation in the French legal system. She is a French national expert in the European Expert Network. Sophie Latraverse is interviewed in Class 3, on the topic of proving direct discrimination in France, in Class 4, on anti-discrimination enforcement in France, in Class 5, on statistical proof of indirect discrimination in France, and in Class 6, on sexual harassment in France.

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Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and an LLM from the University of Hong Kong. She is the Director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law and the LLM in Human Rights Programme at the University of Hong Kong and the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law. She serves on the board of the Hong Kong Dignity Institute and has previously served on the boards of the Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre, Justice Centre Hong Kong, and Amnesty International. She has advised international and local organizations including the UNHCR, UN Women, and Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. Kelley Loper is interviewed in Class 4, on the topic of employment anti-discrimination enforcement in Hong Kong, and Class 6, on employment discrimination remedies in Hong Kong.

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Founder and first president of Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires de France (Representative Council of Black Associations) in Paris, France. He is a pharmacist, and holds a degree from the Business School of Paris. He also founded the Circle for Action on Diversity in France (CAPDIV) in 2003. Patrick Lozes is interviewed in Class 8, on the topic of collecting racial data in France.

Chair in constitutional and public comparative law at the European University Institute. She holds a Degree in Law from University of Seville and a Ph.D. in Law from the European University Institute. She is a member of the Hauser Global Law School, NYU. Ruth Rubio Marin is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of gender quotas, and Class 10, on legislative forms of gender parity.

William W. Cook Global Law Professor at University of Michigan Law School and Professor of human rights and equality law at Queen’s University Belfast. He is also a practicing barrister-at-law with Blackstone Chambers. He holds an LLB from Queen’s University Belfast, an LLM from Yale Law School, and a DPhil and DCL from Oxford. Christopher McCrudden is interviewed in Class 2, on the topic of European legal institutions; in Class 6, on employment discrimination remedies in the U.K. and Europe; and in Class 11, on same-sex marriage jurisprudence in Europe.

Affiliated Professor at Sciences Po Law School and tenured Associate Law Professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers where she copilots the Gender Program (LISE, CNRS). She holds an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a PhD from the University of Paris West Nanterre. She is a member of the scientific committee of Presage (Sciences Po Gender program) and is a Copilot of a Research program with the CERSA (CNRS) of the University of Paris-Assas for the Ministry of Justice and the Defender of Rights on discrimination law in France and the Netherlands. Her most recent book is Discrimination at Work: Comparing European, French, and American Law, University of California Press (2016).  Marie Mercat-Bruns is interviewed in Class 3, on the topic of burdens of proof for discrimination claims in Europe; in Class 5, on bases of discrimination claims in French courts; and in Class 16, on the French headscarf law and burqa ban.

Special Legal Advisor for the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF). She is also the Former Chair of the Discrimination Law Association located in London, U.K. Gay Moon is interviewed in Class 7, on the topic of the U.K. public sector equality duty.

Professor of Law at MacKenzie University in Sao Paolo Brazil. He is formerly Graduate fellow and LLM Advisor at Harvard Law School. He holds an LLM from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. He was previously a Professor at FGV Direito SP: Escola de Direito de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Adilson Jose Moreira is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of affirmative action, in Class 9, on affirmative action in Brazil, and in Class 1o, on gender quotas in Brazil.

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Trevor Phillips is a writer and television producer. He currently also serves as the Co-Chairman of the USA-based business leaders think-tank, the Center for Talent innovation; President of the Council of the John Lewis Partnership; and Chair of Green Park Diversity Analytics. He is the former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He had previously been the Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality and the elected Chair of the Greater London Authority.  Born in London in 1953, Trevor Phillips was educated in London and in Georgetown, Guyana, and studied chemistry at Imperial College London. Between 1978 and 1980, he was president of The National Union of Students.  He was a weekly columnist for the Independent and has presented several series for BBC Radio 4, including the long-running science series The Material World. He became a Vice-President of the Royal Television Society in 2000. He serves as a board member of the Social Mobility Foundation, and of the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.  He is a Fellow of the Migration Policy Institute (Washington DC); a Director of the Centre for Talent Innovation (New York); and a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation. He is the recipient of several honorary doctorates, the OBE, and was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur by the French Government in 2007. Trevor Phillips in interviewed in Class 7, on the topic of promoting equality in the UK.

Barrister and Queen’s Counsel at Littleton Chambers in London, UK. He is a member of COMBAR, the Employment Bar Association, the Industrial Law Society, and the Professional Negligence Bar Association. He also served as former editor of "Employment Law and Litigation." David Reade is interviewed in Class 3, on the topics of methods of proof and effectiveness of U.K. equality law.

Senior Legal Counsel at the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission in Hong Kong, China, Executive Board member of Amnesty International Hong Kong, and Lecturer at the Academy of European Law ERA. He holds a B.A. and an LL.B. from the University of Western Australia. He is formerly an Executive Board Member of the Discrimination Law Association. Peter Reading is interviewed in Class 4, on the topic of employment anti-discrimination enforcement in Hong Kong, and in Class 6, on sexual harassment in Hong Kong.

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Judge at the Justice Chambers of the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace and Associate Professor of Law at Universidad de los Andes located in Colombia. She holds a MA in arts from New York University and an SJD from Harvard University. She was a Robina Human Rights visiting scholar at the Yale Law School and PRIO global fellow. Her research topics include domestic violence, law and social movements, sexual and reproductive rights, and sociology of law and movement. Julieta Lamaitre Ripoll is interviewed in Class 9, on the topic of affirmative action in Colombia.

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Professor of Law at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and Director of the Master Program in Anglo-American Business Law and Dual Degree Program in French and US law (a partnership between La Sorbonne, Columbia and Cornell Law Schools). She holds a Master in economic and social Law from University of Paris IX-Dauphine and a Ph. D. in Law from University of Aix-Marseille. Sophie Robin-Olivier is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of hate speech; in Class 6, on sexual harassment in France; and in Class 13, on hate speech and equality in France.

Professor of Law and Executive Director of Commercial and Private International Law Programs at Pace Law School. He holds a BA and JD from University of Pennsylvania and an MIA from Columbia University. He also serves as the Faculty Director of the Institute for International and Commercial Law. Darren Rosenblum is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of transgender rights and marriage equality in Europe, and Class 8, on racial quotas.

Professor of Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and Director of the Perelman Centre for Legal Philosophy. She holds a Ph.D. in Law from Université libre de Bruxelles, and a Master of Studies in Legal Research from University of Oxford. She is part of the executive committee of senior experts in the European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-Discrimination Field. Isabelle Rorive is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of same sex marriage in France; in Class 2, on U.K., Dutch, and U.S. influence on European law directives; and in Class 5, on indirect discrimination.

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Senior Research Fellow at Sciences Po (CERI). He is the author of Equality and Transparency: A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law (New York, Palgrave, 2007). His other publications include articles in World Politics, Daedalus, Ethnic and Racial Studies, the Political Science Quarterly, the International Social Science Journal, and the Comparative Education Review. Dr. Daniel Sabbagh is interviewed in Class 8, on the topic of comparative approaches to affirmative action, and Class 9, on a world view of affirmative action.

Senior researcher at the Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (National Demographic Institute) in Paris, France. He studies anti-discrimination policies and integration of ethnic minorities in European countries. He was a member of the scientific council of the EU Commission Fundamental Rights Agency and he has co-edited the book (with V.Piché and A.Gagnon) Social statistics and Ethnic Diversity: Cross-National perspectives in classifications and identity politics (2015, Springer). Patrick Simon is interviewed in Class 1, on the topic of racial data collection, in Class 5, on ethnic group data in France, and in Class 8, on racial data collection in France.

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Head of the Civil Justice Unit and former Head of the Equality Legislation Unit in the Justice Department of the European Commission located in Brussels, Belgium.. He is a former judge at a labor tribunal and holds a Ph.D. in law from the University of Hamburg as well as a Bologna Diploma in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Andreas Stain is interviewed in Class 2, on the topic of the European Equality Directives, and Class 10, on quotas on European corporate boards.

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Julie Suk is the Dean for Master’s Programs at the City University of New York and a Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Liberal Studies. She is also a Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor at Yale Law School. At the time of the interview, Suk was a Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School. She holds an A.B. from Harvard, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a D.Phil. from Oxford University. She is a founding executive committee member of the AALS section on European Law. She previously taught at Harvard Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, and UCLA Law School. Julie Suk is interviewed in Class 1, on the topics of French and American perspectives on the headscarf ban and the importance of comparative law, in Class 4, on criminal enforcement of anti-discrimination law in France, and in Class 10, on justifications for gender quotas.

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Professor of Human Rights Law at Kings College London located in the United Kingdom. He holds a B.A. from the University of Alberta, LLB and BCL from McGill University, and D.Phil. from University of Oxford. Robert Wintemute is interviewed in Class 12, on the topic of marriage equality.