Dr Grace Carter is a Joint Director of the Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights and an assistant professor based at the School of Law.

Her research interests include mental capacity law, self-binding directives, personhood of persons with mental health difference and supported decision making. Grace is a member of the Mental Diversity Law Network, organising their annual PGR/EC Seminar Day, and leads the Law and Social Justice Research Group at the School of Law. She has advised NICE on support in adult social care, assisted in a school response to the MHA white paper, and has assisted the CRPD Commitee on a report related to the Sustainable Development Goals.