Education

Ph.D. Candidate, King's College London

Masters in International Development, Cornell University

J.D. and LL.M., Notre Dame Law School

Biography

Leigha Crout's research interests include constitutional law and theory, international law, and human rights. She is a doctoral researcher at King's College London and a Research Associate with Oxford University's China, Law and Development Project. 

Previously, she served as a Senior C.V. Starr Lecturer at Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, where she taught transnational legal practice and a seminar on comparative law. Her works have been published in various law journals as well as the popular press, and she has been invited to share her work at Notre Dame Law School, the Overseas Chinese Women Protection Project, and as a Berger Panelist at Cornell Law School's Berger International Legal Studies Program, among other engagements.

Leigha received her Masters in International Development from Cornell University and her J.D. and LL.M. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School.