Lydia Dobson

Lydia Dobson is a human rights and labour lawyer who focuses on prisoners' rights. She is the Co-Director of the Prison Law Clinic in the Univeristy of Ottawa Faculty of Law and the Co-Director of Prisoner Legal Supports. Lydia teaches Prison Law in Action at Carleton Univeristy and has been involved in organizing for prisoners' rights since 2012 when she was a founding member of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project.

Lydia is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and Law Society of Nunavut. Lydia earned her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School (J.D., 2021), and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Carleton University (Law and Legal Studies. (Hons.) 2012; Sociology and Anthropology M.A., 2014).