Prof Anna Arstein-Kerslake

B.A., J.D., PhD

Contact Details

Professor in Research Scholarship
T: Ext. 3799
E: anna.arsteinkerslake@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake is an international leader in the fields of human rights, disability rights, gender justice, and legal personhood. She has published widely in these areas, including her recent sole-authored books, Restoring Voice to People (Cambridge University Press 2017) and Legal Capacity and Gender (Springer 2020). She was the Programme Director of the LLM in International Human Rights Law at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at University of Galway (2021-22) and the Programme Director for the BA Connect in Human Rights at ICHR (2022-23). She is also the Associate Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Law and is the Athena SWAN Lead for self-evaluating gender equality at the School of Law. In addition, she is the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Business, Public Policy, and Law. 

She has led several large scale research projects as well as law and policy reform initiatives. For example, she was a Chief Investigator on the Unfitness to Plead Project, funded by the Australian Government, which applied a human rights framework to investigate the indefinite detention of people with cognitive disability after being found 'unfit to plead'. She has also received several grants for the development of the international Disability Human Rights Research Network (DHRRN), which she founded in 2015 and spans Europe, India, USA, and Australia.

She has also been a leader in interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial research development. From 2014-2017, she was the Academic Convenor of the Hallmark Disability Research Initiative (DRI) across all faculties of the University of Melbourne. Under her leadership, the Initiative built three international  interdisciplinary research networks, held a series of public and internal events, provided seed funding to over 30 new interdisciplinary research projects, and brought in over $2.5 million in external funding. 

Dr Arstein-Kerslake is also committed to bringing research into the classroom and engaging students with community, industry, and government sectors. She developed and led, the Disability Human Rights Clinic (DHRC) and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Disability Benefits Clinic at Melbourne Law School. She has also developed the first modules at the School of Law in NUI Galway focused on Critical Social Theory (including Critical Race Theory). There is a module at the undergraduate level (Equality and Law) and post-graduate level (Critical Race Theory and Human Rights). Both modules innovatively engage students directly in understanding and developing solutions to social problems in Ireland and internationally. 

She has also held various fellowships and visiting scholar posts - including the 
Douglas McK. Brown Chair in Law at Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, and a Marie Curie Research Fellowship at NUIG. Dr Arstein-Kerslake has also participated widely in consultation with governments and other bodies, including: World Health Organisation (WHO), United Kingdom Ministry of Justice, Irish Ministry of Justice, Amnesty Ireland, Interights, and Mental Disability Advocacy Center, among others. Notably, she provided support to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on their General Comment on the right to equal recognition before the law.

She holds a PhD in Law from NUIG, a JD from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, and a BA in Sociology from San Diego State University (SDSU).

Research Interests

Human Rights, Disability Rights, Legal Personhood, Legal Capacity Law, Gender Justice, Rape and Sexual Offences Law, Disability Studies, Minority Group Studies, Equality, Interdisciplinary Research

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
Lawyers Empowering People Project 01-JAN-19 31-DEC-21
Unfitness to Plead and Indefinite Detention of Persons with Cognitive Impairments: Addressing the Legal Barriers and Creating Appropriate Alternative Supports in the Community 01-JAN-15 31-DEC-17
Disability Rights Expanding Accessible Markets (DREAM) Training Network 01-SEP-11 31-AUG-14

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2017) 'Future Directions in Supported Decision-Making'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Watson, Joanne and Browning, Michelle and Martinis, Jonathan and Blanck, Peter (2017) 'Future Directions in Supported Decision-Making'. Disability Studies Quarterly, 37 (1) [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'The Support Model of Legal Capacity: Fact'
Flynn, Eilionoir and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2014) 'The Support Model of Legal Capacity: Fact'. Berkeley Journal of International Law, 32 (1):124-143 [Details]
(2014) 'Legislating personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity'
Flynn, Eilionoir and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2014) 'Legislating personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity'. International Journal of Law in Context, 10 (1):81-104 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Gendered denials: Vulnerability created by barriers to legal capacity for women and disabled women'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2019) 'Gendered denials: Vulnerability created by barriers to legal capacity for women and disabled women'. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 66 [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Right to legal capacity in therapeutic jurisprudence: Insights from critical disability theory and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Black, Jennifer (2020) 'Right to legal capacity in therapeutic jurisprudence: Insights from critical disability theory and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 68 [DOI] [Details]
(2015) 'Understanding sex: the right to legal capacity to consent to sex'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2015) 'Understanding sex: the right to legal capacity to consent to sex'. Disability \& Society, 30 (10):1459-1473 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Legislating Consent: Creating an Empowering Definition of Consent to Sex That Is Inclusive of People With Cognitive Disabilities'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Flynn, Eilionóir (2016) 'Legislating Consent: Creating an Empowering Definition of Consent to Sex That Is Inclusive of People With Cognitive Disabilities'. Social \& Legal Studies, 25 (2):225-248 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Human Rights and Unfitness to Plead: The Demands of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Gooding, Piers and Andrews, Louis and McSherry, Bernadette (2017) 'Human Rights and Unfitness to Plead: The Demands of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities'. Human Rights Law Review, 17 (3):399-419 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'The General Comment on Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a roadmap for equality before the law'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Flynn, Eilionóir (2016) 'The General Comment on Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a roadmap for equality before the law'. The International Journal of Human Rights, 20 (4):471-490 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Recognising personhood: the evolving relationship between the legal person and the state'
O’Donnell, Erin and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2021) 'Recognising personhood: the evolving relationship between the legal person and the state'. Griffith Law Review, 30 (3):339-347 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Relational personhood: a conception of legal personhood with insights from disability rights and environmental law'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and O’Donnell, Erin and Kayess, Rosemary and Watson, Joanne (2021) 'Relational personhood: a conception of legal personhood with insights from disability rights and environmental law'. Griffith Law Review, 30 (3):530-555 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Improving access and support for consumers with cognitive disabilities'
Maker, Yvette and Callahan, Alex and McSherry, Bernadette and Paterson, Jeannie Marie and Brophy, Lisa and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2019) 'Improving access and support for consumers with cognitive disabilities'. A Guide for Retailers, 1 (1):1-37 [Details]
(2018) 'Ensuring Equality for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities in Consumer Contracting: An International Human Rights Law Perspective'
Maker, Yvette and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and McSherry, Bernadette and Paterson, Jeannie Marie and Brophy, Lisa (2018) 'Ensuring Equality for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities in Consumer Contracting: An International Human Rights Law Perspective'. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 19 (1):178-199 [Details]
(2014) 'A Call to Action: The Realization of Equal Recognition under the Law for People with Disabilities in the EU Part I: Articles'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2014) 'A Call to Action: The Realization of Equal Recognition under the Law for People with Disabilities in the EU Part I: Articles'. European Yearbook of Disability Law, 5 :75-102 [Details]
(2019) 'Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in the criminal justice system: feasibility of a proposed method'
Jeanneret, Ruthie and Spiranovic, Caroline and Eckstein, Lisa and McWhirter, Rebekah and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Scanlan, Joel and Kirkby, Kenneth and Watters, Paul and Vickers, James (2019) 'Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in the criminal justice system: feasibility of a proposed method'. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31 (1):60-74 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Disability Human Rights Clinics as a Model for Teaching Participatory International Human Rights Lawyering Reviewed Article'
Maker, Yvette and Offergeld, Jana and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2018) 'Disability Human Rights Clinics as a Model for Teaching Participatory International Human Rights Lawyering Reviewed Article'. International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 25 (3):23-52 [Details]
(2020) 'Introducing a Human Rights-based Disability Research Methodology'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Maker, Yvette and Flynn, Eilionóir and Ward, Olympia and Bell, Ruby and Degener, Theresia (2020) 'Introducing a Human Rights-based Disability Research Methodology'. Human Rights Law Review, 20 (3):412-432 [DOI] [Details]
(2015) 'Assistive technology as support for the exercise of legal capacity'
Gooding, Piers and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Flynn, Eilionoir (2015) 'Assistive technology as support for the exercise of legal capacity'. International Review of Law, Computers \& Technology, 29 (2-3):245-265 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'An empowering dependency: exploring support for the exercise of legal capacity'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2016) 'An empowering dependency: exploring support for the exercise of legal capacity'. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 18 (1):77-92 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Implementing a Participatory Human Rights-Based Research Methodology: The Unfitness to Plead Project'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Gooding, Piers and Mercer, Sarah and Raymond, Marlena and McSherry, Bernadette (2019) 'Implementing a Participatory Human Rights-Based Research Methodology: The Unfitness to Plead Project'. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 11 (3):589-606 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'State intervention in the lives of people with disabilities: the case for a disability-neutral framework'
Flynn, Eilionóir and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2017) 'State intervention in the lives of people with disabilities: the case for a disability-neutral framework'. International Journal of Law in Context, 13 (1):39-57 [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Right to legal capacity in therapeutic jurisprudence: Insights from critical disability theory and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Jennifer Black (2020) 'Right to legal capacity in therapeutic jurisprudence: Insights from critical disability theory and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'. International Journal Of Law And Psychiatry, 68 (101535) [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Introducing a human rights-based disability research methodology'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Yvette Maker, Eilionóir Flynn, Olympia Ward, Ruby Bell, and Theresia Degener (2020) 'Introducing a human rights-based disability research methodology'. Human Rights Law Review, 20 (3):412-432 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'A Model for Supported Decision-Making in Criminal Proceedings: A Socio-legal Empirical Study'
Piers Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, and Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2021) 'A Model for Supported Decision-Making in Criminal Proceedings: A Socio-legal Empirical Study'. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, :1-11 [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'Legislating Personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity'
Eilionoir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2014) 'Legislating Personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity'. International Journal Of Law In Context, [Details]
(2016) 'An empowering dependency: exploring support for the exercise of legal capacity'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2016) 'An empowering dependency: exploring support for the exercise of legal capacity'. Scandinavian Journal Of Disability Research, 18 (1):77-92 [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'A Call to Action: The Realisation of Equal Recognition Under the Law for People with Disabilities in the EU'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2014) 'A Call to Action: The Realisation of Equal Recognition Under the Law for People with Disabilities in the EU'. European Yearbook Of Disability Law, 5 [Details]
(2014) 'Legislating Personhood: Realising the Right to Support in Exercising Legal Capacity'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Eilionoir Flynn (2014) 'Legislating Personhood: Realising the Right to Support in Exercising Legal Capacity'. International Journal Of Law In Context, 10 (1):81-104 [Details]
(2014) 'The Support Model of Legal Capacity: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy?'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Eilionoir Flynn (2014) 'The Support Model of Legal Capacity: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy?'. International Law Journal, [Details]
(2020) 'Right to legal capacity in therapeutic jurisprudence: Insights from critical disability theory and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Jennifer Black (2020) 'Right to legal capacity in therapeutic jurisprudence: Insights from critical disability theory and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'. International Journal Of Law And Psychiatry, 68 (101535) [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Introducing a human rights-based disability research methodology'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Yvette Maker, Eilionóir Flynn, Olympia Ward, Ruby Bell, and Theresia Degener (2020) 'Introducing a human rights-based disability research methodology'. Human Rights Law Review, 20 (3):412-432 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'A Model for Supported Decision-Making in Criminal Proceedings: A Socio-legal Empirical Study'
Piers Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, and Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2021) 'A Model for Supported Decision-Making in Criminal Proceedings: A Socio-legal Empirical Study'. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, :1-11 [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'Legislating Personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity'
Eilionoir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2014) 'Legislating Personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity'. International Journal Of Law In Context, [Details]
(2014) 'A Call to Action: The Realisation of Equal Recognition Under the Law for People with Disabilities in the EU'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2014) 'A Call to Action: The Realisation of Equal Recognition Under the Law for People with Disabilities in the EU'. European Yearbook Of Disability Law, 5 [Details]
(2014) 'The Support Model of Legal Capacity: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy?'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Eilionoir Flynn (2014) 'The Support Model of Legal Capacity: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy?'. International Law Journal, [Details]
(2014) 'Legislating Personhood: Realising the Right to Support in Exercising Legal Capacity'
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Eilionoir Flynn (2014) 'Legislating Personhood: Realising the Right to Support in Exercising Legal Capacity'. International Journal Of Law In Context, 10 (1):81-104 [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(2017) Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities.
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2017) Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities. : Cambridge University Press. [Details]
(2021) Legal Capacity \& Gender: Realising the Human Right to Legal Personhood and Agency of Women.
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2021) Legal Capacity \& Gender: Realising the Human Right to Legal Personhood and Agency of Women. : Springer Nature. [Details]
(2021) Legal Capacity \& Gender: Realising the Human Right to Legal Personhood and Agency of Women.
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2021) Legal Capacity \& Gender: Realising the Human Right to Legal Personhood and Agency of Women. : Springer Nature. [Details]
(2018) Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform: Our Voices.
Flynn, Eilionóir and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Bhailís, Clíona de and Serra, Maria Laura (2018) Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform: Our Voices. : Routledge. [Details]
(2017) Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disability.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2017) Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disability. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Details]
(2021) Legal Capacity and Gender.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2021) Legal Capacity and Gender. New York: Springer. [DOI] [Details]
(2021) Legal Capacity and Gender.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2021) Legal Capacity and Gender. New York: Springer. [DOI] [Details]
(2017) Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disability.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2017) Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disability. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2021) 'Right to Legal Capacity: Debates and Legal Argument'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2021) 'Right to Legal Capacity: Debates and Legal Argument' In: :1-28 Springer International Publishing. [Details]
(2021) 'Vulnerability Created by Legal Capacity Denials'
Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2021) 'Vulnerability Created by Legal Capacity Denials' In: :117-134 Springer International Publishing. [Details]
(2016) 'Legal capacity: A global analysis of reform trends'
Series, Lucy and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna and Kamundia, Elizabeth (2016) 'Legal capacity: A global analysis of reform trends' In: Routledge. [Details]
(2013) 'Restoring the ‘Human’ in ‘Human Rights’ – Personhood and Doctrinal Innovation in the UN Disability Convention'
Gerard Quinn with Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) 'Restoring the ‘Human’ in ‘Human Rights’ – Personhood and Doctrinal Innovation in the UN Disability Convention' In: The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
(2013) 'Restoring the ‘Human’ in ‘Human Rights’ – Personhood and Doctrinal Innovation in the UN Disability Convention'
Gerard Quinn with Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) 'Restoring the ‘Human’ in ‘Human Rights’ – Personhood and Doctrinal Innovation in the UN Disability Convention' In: The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2018) Disability Human Rights Law 2018.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Ed.). (2018) Disability Human Rights Law 2018 Disability Human Rights Law 2018. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. [DOI] [Details]
(2017) Disability Human Rights Law 2017.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Ed.). (2017) Disability Human Rights Law 2017 Disability Human Rights Law 2017. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. [DOI] [Details]
(2018) Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Law Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories.
Eilionoir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Cliona de Bhailis, and Maria Laura Serra (Ed.). (2018) Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Law Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Law Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK: Routledge. [Details]
(2018) Disability Human Rights Law 2018.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Ed.). (2018) Disability Human Rights Law 2018 Disability Human Rights Law 2018. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. [DOI] [Details]
(2017) Disability Human Rights Law 2017.
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Ed.). (2017) Disability Human Rights Law 2017 Disability Human Rights Law 2017. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. [DOI] [Details]
(2018) Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Law Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories.
Eilionoir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Cliona de Bhailis, and Maria Laura Serra (Ed.). (2018) Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Law Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Law Reform: Our Voices, Our Stories. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK: Routledge. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2013) Nordic Network on Disability Research Conference,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) An Empowering Dependence: Exploring the Role of Supported Decision-Maker. [Conference Paper], Nordic Network on Disability Research Conference, Turku, Finland , 30-MAY-13 - 31-MAY-13. [Details]
(2013) 5th International Disability Law Summer School, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) Equal Recognition before the Law of People with Disabilities: Reforming Laws and Realizing Rights. [Invited Lecture], 5th International Disability Law Summer School, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland , 18-JUN-13 - 19-JUN-13. [Details]
(2014) Reflections on Articles 12 and 13 UN CRPD: The is and the oughts on legal capacity and access to justice for persons with disabilities,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2014) Normative Content of Article 12 CRPD. [Invited Oral Presentation], Reflections on Articles 12 and 13 UN CRPD: The is and the oughts on legal capacity and access to justice for persons with disabilities, Brussels, Belgium , 27-MAR-14 - 27-MAR-14. [Details]
(2012) Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2012) Cognitive Disability and the Capabilities Approach: Exploring a Human Right to Individual Development. [Conference Paper], Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia , 05-SEP-12 - 07-SEP-12. [Details]
(2012) Empowerment: The Masterkey to Success,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2012) Respecting Choices: Decision-Making and the Law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Empowerment: The Masterkey to Success, Melbourne, Australia , 11-OCT-12 - 12-OCT-12. [Details]
(2012) 2nd World Congress on Guardianship,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Dr. Eilionoir Flynn (2012) Implementing a Support Model of Legal Capacity: Enabling Conditions and the Continuum of Support. [Oral Presentation], 2nd World Congress on Guardianship, Melbourne, Australia , 15-OCT-12 - 15-OCT-12. [Details]
(2012) Iceland Disability Studies Conference,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2012) Restoring Voice to People: The UN CRPD and Good Practice in Supported Decision Making. [Keynote Address], Iceland Disability Studies Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland , 16-NOV-12 - 16-NOV-12. [Details]
(2013) Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2013,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) Capacity Law and Supported Decision Making in the Context of Prader-Willi Syndrome. [Invited Oral Presentation], Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2013, Dublin, Ireland , 19-APR-13 - 19-APR-13. [Details]
(2014) Reflections on Articles 12 and 13 UN CRPD: The is and the oughts on legal capacity and access to justice for persons with disabilities,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2014) Normative Content of Article 12 CRPD. [Invited Oral Presentation], Reflections on Articles 12 and 13 UN CRPD: The is and the oughts on legal capacity and access to justice for persons with disabilities, Brussels, Belgium , 27-MAR-14 - 27-MAR-14. [Details]
(2013) 5th International Disability Law Summer School, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) Equal Recognition before the Law of People with Disabilities: Reforming Laws and Realizing Rights. [Invited Lecture], 5th International Disability Law Summer School, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland , 18-JUN-13 - 19-JUN-13. [Details]
(2013) Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2013,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) Capacity Law and Supported Decision Making in the Context of Prader-Willi Syndrome. [Invited Oral Presentation], Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2013, Dublin, Ireland , 19-APR-13 - 19-APR-13. [Details]
(2013) Nordic Network on Disability Research Conference,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2013) An Empowering Dependence: Exploring the Role of Supported Decision-Maker. [Conference Paper], Nordic Network on Disability Research Conference, Turku, Finland , 30-MAY-13 - 31-MAY-13. [Details]
(2012) Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2012) Cognitive Disability and the Capabilities Approach: Exploring a Human Right to Individual Development. [Conference Paper], Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia , 05-SEP-12 - 07-SEP-12. [Details]
(2012) 2nd World Congress on Guardianship,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Dr. Eilionoir Flynn (2012) Implementing a Support Model of Legal Capacity: Enabling Conditions and the Continuum of Support. [Oral Presentation], 2nd World Congress on Guardianship, Melbourne, Australia , 15-OCT-12 - 15-OCT-12. [Details]
(2012) Iceland Disability Studies Conference,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2012) Restoring Voice to People: The UN CRPD and Good Practice in Supported Decision Making. [Keynote Address], Iceland Disability Studies Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland , 16-NOV-12 - 16-NOV-12. [Details]
(2012) Empowerment: The Masterkey to Success,
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2012) Respecting Choices: Decision-Making and the Law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Empowerment: The Masterkey to Success, Melbourne, Australia , 11-OCT-12 - 12-OCT-12. [Details]

Encyclopedia Entry

  Year Publication
(2019) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2019) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2019) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Anna Arstein-Kerslake (2019) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press Encyclopedia Entry [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2012 Popper Jones Award CUNY School of Law

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Law and Society Association Co-Chair of Collaborative Research Network (CRN) on Legal Personhood 01-AUG-21 /
International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (IJDSJ) Editorial Board Member 01-JAN-20 /

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
National University of Ireland Galway Lecturer 01-SEP-21 /
National University of Ireland Galway Marie Curie Research Fellow 01-SEP-11 / 31-AUG-14
Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer 01-JAN-16 / 31-DEC-19
Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Lecturer 15-OCT-14 / 31-DEC-15
Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Associate Professor 01-JAN-20 /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2006 San Diego State University Bachelor of Arts Sociology
2015 National University of Ireland Galway PhD Law
2010 City University of New York School of Law JD Law, Juris Doctorate

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
Semester 1, 2021/2022 International Human Rights Law LW5117