{{Short description|British legal scholar}} {{For|serial killer victim|Peter Sutcliffe}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Emily Jackson | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FBA|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Emily Meg Jackson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|12|28}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|df=y|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | period = | occupation = | title = | boards = <!-- Board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation --> | known_for = | spouse = | children = | era = | discipline = Jurisprudence | sub_discipline = Medical law <br /> Medical ethics | movement = <!-- Should match the ideological movement or denomination (for religious), "school" of thought etc. (e.g. "Anglican", "Postmodernist", "Socialist" or "Green" etc. --> | religion = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | denomination = <!-- Religious denomination should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | education = Bushey Meads School | alma_mater = Brasenose College, Oxford | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = <!--Only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = | workplaces = Faculty of Law, University of Oxford <br /> St Catharine's College, Cambridge <br /> Birkbeck College, University of London <br /> Queen Mary College, University of London <br /> London School of Economics | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influences = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source--> | influenced = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source--> | awards = Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) | website = | footnotes = }} '''Emily Meg Jackson''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FBA|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 28 December 1966) is a British legal scholar who specialises in medical law. She has been Professor of Law at the London School of Economics since 2007. She has previously researched or lectured at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, at Birkbeck College, University of London, and at Queen Mary, University of London.
==Early life and education== Jackson was born on 28 December 1966 in London, England, to Douglas and Lesley Jackson.<ref name="Who's Who 2016">{{cite web|title=JACKSON, Prof. Emily Meg|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U250234|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=14 September 2016|date=November 2015}}</ref> She was educated at Bushey Meads School, a state secondary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> She studied jurisprudence at Brasenose College, Oxford,<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="LSE Law">{{cite web|title=Emily Jackson|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/staff/emily-jackson.htm|website=Department of Law|publisher=London School of Economics|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>
==Academic career== After graduating from university, Jackson began her career as a research officer at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, a research institute of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.<ref name="LSE Law" /> In 1991, she was elected a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and appointed a lecturer in law.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> She then moved to Birkbeck College, University of London where she was a lecturer in law from 1993 to 1997.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> In 1998, she joined the London School of Economics for the first time having been appointed as a senior lecturer in law.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="LSE Law" />
From 2004 to 2007, Jackson was Professor of Medical Law at Queen Mary, University of London.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="LSE Law" /> She was appointed Professor of Law at the London School of Economics in 2007<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> and Head of the Law Department in 2012.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" />
Jackson has held a number of appointments outside of her university work. From 2003 to 2012, she was a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority;<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Health Minister announces new member of the HFEA|url=http://www.hfea.gov.uk/833.html|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=16 September 2016|date=12 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923140001/http://www.hfea.gov.uk/833.html|archive-date=23 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> she served as its deputy chair from 2008 to 2012.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="LSE Law" /> Since 2005, she has been a member of the Medical Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association.<ref name="LSE Law" /> Since 2011, she has been a member of the Medical Research Council's Ethics and Public Involvement Committee.<ref name="LSE Law" /> Since 2012, she has been a member of the Ethics Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.<ref name="LSE Law" /> In 2013, she was a member of the Department of Health's Independent Panel led by Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger that reviewed the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient.<ref name="LSE Law" /> She has been a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public appointments for the Judicial Appointments Commission|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-appointments-for-the-judicial-appointments-commission|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=16 September 2016|date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
==Honours== In July 2016, Jackson was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=British Academy announces new President and elects 66 new Fellows|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/british-academy-announces-new-president-and-elects-66-new-fellows|website=The British Academy|access-date=18 July 2016|date=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="bio - FBA">{{cite web|title=Professor Emily Jackson|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-emily-jackson|website=britac.ac.uk|publisher=The British Academy|access-date=15 September 2016|year=2016}}</ref>
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to higher education.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B12|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>
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