Myra Williamson is a New Zealand law academic and legal practitioner who stood as a candidate for the Hamilton West electorate in the 2023 general election [19][20].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Williamson holds a BA [23], an LLB with First Class Honours [24], an LLM with First Class Honours [25], and a PhD [27]. She is also reported to hold a Post-Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning from the University of Waikato [28][26]. Her tertiary education is associated with the University of Otago [15][16] and the University of Waikato [17].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Williamson has been admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, with one source placing this from 1998 [2]. She is also reported to have worked as a law practitioner [8] and as a law academic at the University of Waikato [7], where she held the roles of Senior Lecturer of Law and Convenor of the BA in Law, both at Te Piringa Faculty of Law [21][22].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Williamson took up a position as Senior Lecturer at AUT Law School from June 2024 [4][14]. She is also reported to have served as a Visiting Professor at Kuwait International Law School from 2018 [5]. She is noted as the author of a publication titled Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions [6].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Williamson received a Travel and Learning Award from the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation [30][31]. She is reported to be a member of the Australasian Law Academics Association from December 2019 [10], a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law from December 2024 [11], and a member of Netsafe from November 2018 [12]. She is also reported to serve on the organising committee for the ANZSIL Annual Conference 2026 [13] and as a journal article reviewer for the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal from February 2026 [9].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Williamson contested the Hamilton West electorate as a Labour Party candidate in 2023 [20][33][34].