Kay Everett Memorial Lecture: Frances Webber, Human Rights Lawyer

Come join us for the Kay Everett Memorial Lecture at SOAS University of London, in partnership with Wilsons LLP! This event honours the legacy of SOAS alumna and lawyer, Kay Everett. This year, we are proud to announce that our speaker is Frances Webber, and her lecture will be followed by a brief response by SOAS academics. There will also be a presentation of the Kay Everett Memorial Prize for the best SOAS Masters dissertation written on a human rights theme. The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.

Frances Webber - Biography

Former barrister specialising in immigration, refugee and human rights law, trustee of Institute of Race Relations and an honorary vice-president of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers. Co-edited Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice (5th and 6th eds, 2001 and 2005), Halsbury’s British Nationality, Immigration and Asylum (4th ed, 2002 reissue). Co-author Inside Racist Europe (IRR, 1994), author of Borderline Justice: the fight for refugee and migrant rights (Pluto, 2012), book chapters and many articles and reports on aspects of migration, human rights and national security. She was presiding judge at the Brussels Rojava Tribunal of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in February 2025.

Moderator - Professor Eddie Bruce-Jones

Eddie Bruce-Jones is Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law, Gender and Media at SOAS. He researches in the areas of racial justice, migration law, colonalism and law and the humanities. He serves on the trustee boards of the Institute of Race Relations and served for a decade on the trustee board of Rainbow Migration.