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Associate ProfessorJesse Wall

Associate Professor

Law

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  • Associate Professor
    Law
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BIO

Jesse Wall is an Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland. His main works include Being and Owning: The Body, Bodily Material, and the Law (OUP, 2015) and Sex and Self-Ownership: Essays on Consent and the Criminal Law (OUP, 2025). He has previously held academic positions at Merton College, University of Oxford, and the University of Otago. Jesse completed his postgraduate qualifications at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was studying as a Rhodes Scholar, writing his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Herring. As an undergraduate at the University of Otago, Jesse studied toward a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Philosophy.

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Law, Law, New Zealand

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Otago, Faculty of Law, New ZealandFeb 2014 - May 2019
  • Junior Research Fellow
    Merton College, University of Oxford, United KingdomOct 2011 - Feb 2014
  • Stipendiary Lecturer
    Merton College, University of Oxford, United KingdomOct 2011 - Feb 2014
  • Stipendiary Lecturer
    Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United KingdomOct 2010 - Oct 2010

DEGREES

  • DPhil
    University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • MA
    University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • MPhil (Dist)
    University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • BCL (Dist)
    University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • LLB (Hons I)
    University of Otago, Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
  • BA
    University of Otago, Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand

FACULTY / INSTITUTE

  • Law