Ms Rebecca Brown

Education

• PhD in Law, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (2021 - [2024])
• LLM (International Law), Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (2019 - 2020)
• Grad Dip (Classical Arabic), Charles Sturt University (2019 - 2021)
• Grad Dip (Legal Practice), College of Law (2019)
• LLB (Hons), University of Sydney (2014 - 2018)
• BA (Linguistics), University of Sydney (2014 - 2016)

Professional Qualifications

• Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia (2019)

Scholarships & Prizes

• ANZSIL/AYBIL Student Paper Prize (2023)
• Max Planck Law Fellowship (2022)
• W. M. Tapp Studentship (Gonville & Caius College) (2021 - [2024])
• Cambridge International Scholarship (2021 - [2024])
• Inner Temple BPC Major Scholarship (2021)
• Executive Dean's Award, Charles Sturt University (2021)
• Ocean Yearbook Student Prize (2019)
• Regional Winner (Oceania), Undergraduate Awards in Linguistics (2018)
• Pitt Cobbett Scholarship (2018)
• Venour V. Nathan Prize for Australian History (2018)
• Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2018):
  • First Place, Australian National Rounds (Jessup Cup)
  • Runner-Up Best Applicant Memorial, Australian National Rounds
  • Runner-Up Best Respondent Memorial, Australian National Rounds 
• G. S. Caird Scholarship in Linguistics II (2015)
• University Academic Merit Prize (2015)

Selected Activities

• Cambridge International Law Journal
  • Editor-in-Chief (2022 - 2023)
  • Managing Editor (2021 - 2022)
  • Conference Convenor (2020 - 2021)
  • General Editor (2019 - 2020)
• Cambridge Pro Bono Project
  • Executive Director (2022 - 2024)
  • Researcher, Action on Armed Violence (2019 - 2020)
• Gonville & Caius MCR Committee, Secretary (2022 - 2023)
• Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
  • Team Adviser, University of Cambridge (2021 - 2022)
  • Team Adviser, University of World Economy and Diplomacy (2019 - 2021, 2022 - 2023)
  • Team Adviser, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2018 - 2019)
• Legal Adviser, Sidney Sussex June Event Committee (2019 - 2020)
• Reporter, International Law Association (2018, 2020)
• Programme Facillitator, Sydney Law School Women’s Mooting Programme (2018)

Teaching Experience

• Supervisor in Human Rights Law, University of Cambridge (2022 - 2024)
• Supervisor in International Law, University of Cambridge (2022 - 2023)
• Supervisor in Jurisprudence, University of Cambridge (2021 - 2023)
• Supervisor/Mentor for Cambridge Higher Aspirations Scheme (Gonville & Caius College) (2021 - 2022)
• Supervisor/Mentor for Gonville & Caius College Outreach Programme (2021 - 2022)

Research Experience

• Research Assistant, Dr Rumiana Yotova (2023)
• Research Assistant, Dr Ntina Tzouvala (2022 - 2023)
• Research Assistant, Professor Freya Baetens (2022 - 2023)
• Research Assistant, Professor Michael Waibel (2021)
• Research Assistant, Professor Eyal Benvenisti (2020 - 2021)
• Research Assistant, Professor Tim Stephens (2019)
• Research Assistant, Greg Laughton SC (2016 - 2019)

Other Professional Experience

• Paralegal/Graduate, Clifford Chance (2019)
• Adviser (Constitutional Recognition Taskforce), Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia) (2017)