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Education CV

Education 

  • PhD Candidate in Law (International Law), University of Cambridge (2022 - )
  • Master of Laws (International Law), University of Cambridge (2018 - 2019)
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law Australia (2018)
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Macquarie University (2012 - 2017)
  • Bachelor of Politics and International Relations (Honours), Macquarie University (2012 - 2017)

Professional Qualifications

  • Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia (2018)

Selected Honours and Awards

  • World Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship (2022 - 2025) to undertake the PhD 
  • Named as Young Woman to Watch in International Affairs, Young Australians in International Affairs (2020)
  • Davis McCaughey Scholarship, Cambridge Australia Scholarship (2018 - 2019)  to undertake the LLM
  • Dean's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Law, Macquarie University (2018)
  • Dean's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Macquarie Law Community, Macquarie University (2017 and 2018)
  • Finalist for Australian Law Student of the Year, Lawyer's Weekly Women in Law Awards (2016)
  • New Colombo Plan Scholar (Hong Kong SAR), Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2015)

Select Employment

  • Senior Legal Advisor, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (External Office) (2020 - 2022), advising and leading on activities that directly facilitate the mandate of Dr Ahmed Shaheed as Special Rapporteur
  • Staff Lawyer at Volterra Fietta (2019 - 2020), practicing in significant cases of international arbitration and public international law (litigation and advisory) before domestic and international courts and bodies (ICJ, ICSID, CERD Committee)
  • Intern (Chambers), International Criminal Court (2018)
  • Clerk and Paralegal, Ashurst (2016 - 2017) in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution and IP/TMT practice groups
  • Judicial Marshal (Chambers), High Court of Hong Kong (2016)
  • Legal Intern, Philippines Commission on Human Rights (2016), investigating and contributing to a national report on extra-judicial killings in the Philippines
  • Research Assistant, Australian Human Rights Commission (2015)

Select Research Experience

  • Research Associate to Professor Eyal Benvenisti, University of Cambridge Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (2018), engaging on diverse research projects on the history and development of international humanitarian law and governance of the global commons
  • Research Associate, Macquarie University Centre for Environmental Law (2014 - 2015), developing publications on international trade and environmental law, and coordinating international capacity-building trainings on treaty negotiation and implementation for Government ministers

Select Volunteer Positions

  • Global Board Member and Media Officer, International Law Association (2018 - )
  • Steering Committee Member, White Paper on Digital Challenges for International Law (2022 - )
  • Board Member, International Law Association (Australian Branch) (2016 - )
  • Research Associate, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2017 - 2018), advising the IACtHR on a case involving use of police powers 
  • Editor-in-Chief, ILA Reporter (2016 - 2017)

 

Global Governance of Free and Open Source Software

Supervisors

  • Professor Eyal Benvenisti, Whewell Professor of International Law 
  • Dr Jatinder Singh, Affiliated Lecturer at Cambridge Computer Laboratory

Start Date

Oct 2022