Michael Judkins is a practising solicitor of over 35 years experience, the majority of whichhas been gained in litigation and Court work. After graduating with a BA (Hons) Degree in Law from what is now the University of Wolverhampton, and subsequent qualification as a solicitor, he became a salaried Partner with a firm of lawyers in Kettering before moving to Ely, where the majority of his professional career has been spent. During this period, as a full partner within Ward Gethin Archer ( formerly Archer & Archer ), he developed the firm’s litigation practice in a number of areas and personally undertook a varied caseload, particularly specialising in criminal and employment law.

Rebecca Freund is a graduate law student at the University of Cambridge. She has just completed her LLM degree and will be beginning her doctoral studies at Cambridge in the 2018-19 academic year. The focus of her research is the history of human rights protection in the United Kingdom, and the implications of this history for modern-day human rights protection. Prior to studying at Cambridge Rebecca interned in Chambers at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. She also holds a BA(Hons) degree in Philosophy and an LLB (cum laude) from the University of Cape Town. She has worked as a tutor in the Philosophy department at the University of Cape Town, as well as in a range of human rights NGOs in South Africa.”

Sebastian Lewis is a doctorate student in law at Somerville College, Oxford. He holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School and is a qualified lawyer in Chile. Sebastian has worked in public law issues at different law firms, and was legislative advisor to a Chilean senator. He has also taught Administrative Law and Philosophy of Law in Chile. Sebastian has published on matters of Chilean administrative-law litigation and has worked as editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Harvard International Law Journal’

Muriuki Muriungi is Tutorial Fellow at the School of Law, University of Nairobi and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He is currently a Master of Science in Law and Finance candidate at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), both from the University of Nairobi and a Postgraduate diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law. He has previously served as a legal assistant at a top law firm, a graduate teaching assistant and as a judge of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition. His academic research interests are in the area of property rights, law and economics, and financial regulation.

Tom Lowenthal is a DPhil student at Balliol College. His research is in education, human rights and accountability in the private sector. He also has interests in international law, the law of armed conflict, EU law, public law and equality law. He has published on the theory of human rights. He has extensive experience in private tuition, working with Oxford finalists as well as Key Stage 3 students and everywhere in between. He sat the Bar exams in 2016, and before that studied for the BCL. He also works as a representative for the Free Representation Unit in the Employment Tribunal.