Jacqueline McKenzie (lawyer)

Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline McKenzie
Born	England
Other names	Jacqui McKenzie
Education	St Joseph's Convent and the Institute for Further Education, Grenada
Alma mater	University of the Arts London; University of Kent
Occupation	Lawyer
Employer	Leigh Day
Known for	Human rights, immigration law

Jacqueline "Jacqui" McKenzie is a British human rights lawyer specialising in migration, asylum and refugee law. Her legal career encompasses practice in the areas of civil liberties, crime and immigration with solicitors Birnberg Peirce and Partners, and since 2010 running her own immigration consultancy, McKenzie Beute and Pope (MBP), having previously spent more than a decade in senior local government roles with responsibility for equalities, community development, communications and urban development. She joined human rights law firm Leigh Day as a partner in 2021. She is the founder of the Organisation of Migration Advice and Research, which works pro bono with refugees and women who have been trafficked to the UK. McKenzie has won recognition for her work seeking justice for victims of the Windrush scandal that initially gained notoriety in 2018. She was named one of the top 10 most influential black Britons in the Powerlist 2022.

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