Amy Lawton

Senior Lecturer in Tax Law, University of Edinburgh

Amy is a Senior Lecturer in Tax Law at the University of Edinburgh. She is the founder of the Scottish Tax Clinic and co-founder of the North West Tax Clinic, the first student-led tax clinics in the UK. Amy’s research interests lie in environmental taxation and tax education, and how taxpayers understand and respond to taxation; as well as how to bring innovative forms of tax education to Higher Education.

Opening our doors

The North West Tax Clinic (NWTC) opened its doors in January 2020 with a view to helping low-income individuals with the...