Elisabeth McDonald MNZM is a New Zealand feminist law academic.

Returning to Victoria, she was appointed to staff, rising to senior lecturer in 1995 and associate professor in 2005.

After 27 years at Victoria she moved to the University of Canterbury as full professor in 2017.

[2] In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, McDonald was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the law and education.

[3] McDonald had a son in 1990,[2] a daughter in 1991 and is married to Wayne Johnson, who owns a construction business.