Mr Shubham Jain

Education:

• PhD in Law, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (2022-26)
  • Visiting Researcher, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (Mar-May 2024)
• LLM (First Class Hons.), Girton College, University of Cambridge (2018-19)
• BA, LLB (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2013-18)
  • Exchange Semester, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Spring 2018)

Scholarships and Prizes:

• WM Tapp Studentship & College Scholarship, Gonville & Caius, University of Cambridge (2022-26)
• Squire Postgraduate Scholarship, Cambridge Law Faculty (2025-26)
• Emerging Scholar Award, Sport & Society Research Network (2026)
• Caius Master's Essay Prize, for "Resistance and Reform as Responses to Human Rights Criticism" (2025)
• British Institute of International & Comparative Law Scholarship (for ‘Transitional Justice’ Course) (2024)
• Caius Master's Essay Prize, for "Framework for Inclusive Institutional Design and Regulation for Mega-Sporting Events" (2023)
• JN Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education (2022-26, 2018)
• Emily Davies Scholarship & Margaret Hastings Prize, Girton College, University of Cambridge (2019)
• Cambridge Trust Scholarship, University of Cambridge, towards the LLM (2018)
• KC Mahindra Education Trust Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies (2018)
• Heyning-Roelli Foundation Scholarship, towards the Exchange Semester (2018)
• 3 University Gold Medals for Labour Law, Law & Economics, Taxation Law (2018)

Professional, Research, and Editorial Experience:

• Education & Policy Researcher, Centre for Sport & Human Rights (2022-present)
• Editor, Routledge Book Series on Sport & Human Rights (2025-present)
• Environmental Lead, Football Action Network (2026-present)
• Member, Cricket Research Network Committee (2025-present)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Event Management Journal (2023-present)
• Podcast Lead, Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast (2023-25)
• Executive Director, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (2022-24)
• Legal & Policy Advisor (pro-bono), Fair Game UK (2021-22)
• Research Fellow, The Sports Law & Policy Centre, India (2021-22)
• Legal Advisor, Linklaters LLP, London (2019-21)
• General Editor, Cambridge International Law Journal (2018-19)