Michael Ashley Stein is a Professor at William & Mary School of Law (Virginia, U.S.A. ). He serves on the advisory boards of several disability organizations, and is currently participating in a number of international projects relating to the rights of disabled persons. Michael received a J.D. from Harvard Law School , and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His articles have been published in leading law journals, and his research has been supported by several prestigious awards, including an American Council of Learned Societies Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship and a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Merit Fellowship. He is currently spending time as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, with additional fellowships in Harvard's Human Rights and the East Asian Legal Studies Programmes.