Megan Campbell on women, poverty, and why international law still matters

Megan Campbell on women, poverty, and why international law still matters

There is something quietly disarming about the way Meghan Campbell traces her path to becoming one of Britain’s foremost human rights lawyers. You might expect a story steeped in early idealism, perhaps a childhood injustice, a formative mentor, or a precocious sense of vocation. Instead, she laughs and says it was television.  “I watched a lot of Law and Order one summer and thought the lawyers looked really cool”, Campbell tells me. “I’m like,…