Dame
''Dame'' is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British honours system and those of several oth ...
Hazel Gillian Genn,
DBE,
KC (Hon),
FBA (born 1949) is a leading authority on civil justice whose work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world,
and is a former Dean of the
Faculty of Laws and Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
.
Public service
Genn is a lay member of the
Judicial Appointments Commission
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is an independent commission that selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales and for some tribunals whose jurisdiction extends to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Sy ...
. She was formerly: a member of the
Economic and Social Research Council
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), formerly the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the UK government. ESRC provides fund ...
, where she served as chair of the Research Grants Board;
a member of the
Committee on Standards in Public Life; chair of the Public Legal Education and Support (PLEAS) task force; chair of the Advisory Panel for research on Family Advice and Information for the Legal Services Commission; chair of main panel J of the
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) was an exercise undertaken approximately every five years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils (HEFCE, SHEFC, HEFCW, DELNI) to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British hig ...
2008.
Education and early career
Genn is the daughter of Lionel and Dorothy Genn. She attended
Minchenden Grammar School
Minchenden School was a mixed secondary school situated in Southgate, North London, established in 1919 with 90 pupils. It merged with Arnos School in 1984.
History
The school was established in 1919 in Tottenhall Road as a mixed secondary sc ...
and studied for a joint degree in Sociology, Social Anthropology and Social Administration at the
University of Hull
, mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learning, established = 1927 – University College Hull1954 – university status
, type = Public
, endowment = £18.8 million (2016)
, budget = £190 million ...
.
In 1972, she abandoned work towards an M.A. in Sociology and became a researcher, first at
Cambridge Institute of Criminology
The Institute of Criminology is the criminological research institute within the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. The institute is one of the oldest criminological research institutes in Europe, and has exerted a strong influence ...
(1972–74), then at the Oxford University Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (1974–1985) as a member of
Wolfson College, Oxford
Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with around sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research a ...
, during which she also achieved her
LLB.
She joined the Law Department at
Queen Mary College, University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and previously Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of ...
in 1985, and became Professor and Head of Department in 1991.
In 1994 she went to
work at
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
, where she has remained.
Honours
Genn was created a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) on 17 June 2006, elevated from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(CBE). She was awarded honorary fellowship of Queen Mary in 2004,
and the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...
in 2004,
and by the
University of Leicester
, mottoeng = So that they may have life
, established =
, type = public research university
, endowment = £20.0 million
, budget = £326 million
, chancellor = David Willetts
, vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah
, head_lab ...
on 13 July 2007.
She was appointed an honorary Queen's Counsel in 2006.
In 2011 Dame Hazel became a patron of the Aberdeen Law Project.
References
External links
Profile UCL.ac.uk; accessed 27 April 2014.
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1949 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Hull
Alumni of Wolfson College, Oxford
Academics of University College London
Academics of Queen Mary University of London
Fellows of the British Academy
British legal scholars
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Honorary King's Counsel