Debra Wilson (born 1977[citation needed]) is a New Zealand legal academic, and is a full professor at the University of Canterbury.
Wilson completed a Master's degree at the University of Canterbury followed by a PhD titled The legality of human cloning: an analysis of the legal arguments for and against a ban on reproductive cloning from a eugenics/human rights viewpoint at Monash University.
[1] Her thesis topic stemmed from an interest in how law deals with new medical technologies.
[2] She was awarded the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for Excellence for 2009 in the Faculty of Law.
[8][7][9] Wilson wrote a book, published in 2015, on the legal issues with the use of genetic testing in criminal investigations and trials.