Disability Law Hub

The Hub draws on the expertise of the Centre for Disability Studies and the Centre for Law and Social Justice to challenge socially-created barriers which limit the life chances of disabled people.

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  1. Faculty of Social Sciences
  2. School of Law
  3. Research and expertise
  4. Disability Law Hub

School of Law - Disability Law Hub

Our Hub

For many decades the University of Leeds has played a pioneering role in global disability studies. The Centre for Disability Studies exists to challenge socially-created barriers which limit the life chances of disabled people; now the School of Law’s Centre for Law and Social Justice has built on that legacy, establishing a new initiative — the Disability Law Hub.

Our members draw on the expertise of colleagues in both the Centre for Disability Studies and also the Centre for Law and Social Justice. Disability Law Hub staff contribute legal expertise to the interdisciplinary initiatives of the Centre for Disability Studies as well as to other global, European, British and Yorkshire-based networks.

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Our research

Our interdisciplinary research explores a number of areas in disability law, from inclusive education to access to justice. It aims to take on the everyday concerns of the disabled and translate these into legal research and legal action.

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Our experts

Our diverse academic team consists of experts who are committed to research and teaching within the field of disability.

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Research projects

Our research projects explore contemporary issues within the field, having a local and international reach.

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Study with us

We are committed to ensuring access and inclusion for all, and our research feeds directly into our teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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National and international networks

The reach of the Disability Law Hub is global and its concerns are local. We welcome challenges and assignments that focus on particular countries or regions as well as work that focuses on international issues relating, for example to the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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