Alexandra Allen-Franks

Education CV

Education

PhD candidate (law), Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (2019 - present, funded by a Trinity Hall Research Studentship and Cambridge Trust scholarship)
- Human Rights tripos supervisor (2020-2021: Trinity Hall and Pembroke College; 2021-2022, Trinity Hall, Fitzwilliam College and King's College)
- Criminal Procedure and Evidence supervisor (2021-2022: Christ's College, Homerton College and Pembroke College)
- Supervisor of Studies, Fitzwilliam College (2021-2022)
- Research Assistant to Dr Kirsty Hughes (Easter 2021)
- Executive Director, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2020-2022)
- PhD Liaison Officer, Cambridge University Graduate Law Society (2019-2020)
- Executive Committee Member, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2019-2020)
- Research Assistant to Dr David Erdos (Michaelmas 2019)
LLM (first class), Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge (2017 - 2018)
Certificate of Proficiency in Law and Information Technology, University of Auckland (2014)
Professional Legal Studies Certificate, New Zealand College of Law (2014)
LLB (first class hons), University of Otago (2009 - 2012)

Awards

Professional experience

Enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (2014 - present)
Dispute Resolution Associate (foreign qualified), Watson Farley and Williams, London (2019)
Barrister employed by Andrew Brown KC, Bankside Chambers, Auckland (2015 - 2017)
Judges' Clerk, High Court of New Zealand (2013 - 2014)

Representative Publications

A Franks “A digital bill of rights?” [2014] NZLJ 164
A Franks “Discounts for personal circumstances in drug sentencing following R v Wang” [2015] NZLJ 235
A Franks “Admissibility of excluded evidence in later proceedings” [2016] NZLJ 386
A Allen-Franks “Copyright protection for individual words of an invented language” (2018) 40(5) EIPR 311
A Allen-Franks “Justifications for reconsidering initial interest confusion after Interflora” (2019) 14(5) JIPL&P 387

Education CV