Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe
Lecturer in Law
Department of Economics and Law
Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe is a Lecturer in Law.
An LLB graduate of the University of Glasgow (2012), Seonaid went on to study an LLM in International Law, for which she won the Bruno Simma Prize for Best International Law Student (2014).
Seonaid previously worked at the International Criminal Court, before returning to Scotland to qualify as a solicitor. Seonaid joined the University in 2020.
Seonaid teaches on our core undergraduate LLB modules, including our clinical module Skills for Legal Employment. Seonaid is involved in the work of our Law Clinic, including through the law reform project The Campaign for Complainer Anonymity, which she co-founded with Dr. Andrew Tickell. You can find out more about this project here
Seonaid’s research interests include law and gender - research which informs the third-year module Gender, Law and the Legal Profession which she leads. Alongside colleagues at the University of Glasgow, she is a co-founder of the Women in Law Project, which seeks to document the history of women in law in Scotland, while examining the contemporary challenges women in profession face.
Seonaid was selected as one of YWCA Scotland’s ‘30 Under 30’ in 2020. She is the Vice-Chair of JUSTICE Scotland; sits on the Board of Moray Rape Crisis; and on the Steering Committee of ProBonoSkills.com.