Dr M Finn

Overview

Meghan Finn is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Law at the University of Johannesburg. Meghan holds Bachelors in Social Science (Honours) and LLB degrees from the University of Cape Town, a BCL (LLM equivalent) degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD (titled Duties of Private Persons and the Right to Equality in South Africa ) from the University of Witwatersrand with the SARChi Chair for Equality, Law and Social Justice on the duties of private persons in South African anti-discrimination law Before joining UJ law, Meghan practised as an Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar and appeared as counsel in a number of reported judgments including of the South African Constitutional Court. Previously, she served as a law clerk of the Constitutional Court and as a researcher at SAIFAC. Meghan is currently a managing editor of Constitutional Court Review and has presented at multiple international and local conferences. Her areas of teaching and research are administrative law; anti-discrimination and equality jurisprudence; horizontal application of rights to private persons; LGBTQI+ rights; social security law; and constitutional law and theory.