Schona Jolly is a human rights and international lawyer of both domestic and international reputation. She was appointed King's Counsel in 2017, was Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales for three years, Vice-Chair for another three and on its Committee in total for a decade. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford and a Research Visitor at Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, at Oxford University and a Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths University.