Reading the resume/life story of Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws is nothing short of exhausting. She is a Scottish barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords.  She was Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, from 2011 to 2018. A bencher of Gray’s Inn, an Honorary Writer to the Signet, and the recipient of 42 honorary degrees from many universities, including those of Glasgow and Edinburgh, in recognition of work on women and the law and on widening participation in higher education. She is president of Justice, the law reform think tank, and director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute . In 2024, Kennedy succeeded Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury as chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.

Kennedy became the first chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, serving from 1994 until 2001. In 1998, she agreed to lend her name to Ann Limb‘s charitable initiative to fund higher education for disadvantaged students, which became the Helena Kennedy Foundation. She was elected principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, in July 2010 and served in the role from September 2011. She retired in 2018 and became chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University on 26 July 2018.

Baroness Kennedy is known globally for being a celebrated Human Rights Lawyer, and the reason we are bringing her to your attention today is because there are very fierce rumours that SHE WILL BE REFUSED ENTRY  TO THE US WITHOUT EXPLANATION (even though she owns a home here)