Lawyers Without Borders
Oxford University Student Division
ABOUT US
Lawyers Without Borders is an independent not-for-profit organisation which aims to advance human rights and the rule of law globally. Through its work, LWOB supports the development of robust justice systems around the world, providing training and resources in its target countries.
OxLWOB is one of 35 licensed student divisions of Lawyers Without Borders. Founded in 2012, we aim to support the work of our parent organisation and increase awareness of and engagement with human rights here at the University of Oxford.
OxLWOB Committee 2025 TT
President
Vice-President
Luke Gillespie
Magdalen College
Jake Pronger
Corpus Christi College
Secretary
Treasurer
Antonio Kong
St Hilda's College
Imran Rassiwalla
St Catherine's College
Director of Research
Digital Strategy Director
Director of Events
Juan Sebastian Beltran
Exeter College
Imran Rassiwalla
St Catherine's College
Chris Ye
Christ Church College
Director of Communications
Nina Kovac
Linacre College
Director of Outreach
Priya Brana
Brasenose College
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Events
Recent Events
Hilary Term 2023
OxLWOB started off the new year with a range of exciting events and opportunities!
For the first time since 2018, the Oxford student division took part in Lawyers Without Borders' annual Rule of Law Innovation Challenge, with the team choosing to make an educational resource on upholding the rule of Law in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. At the final event, held at King's College London, our team were awarded an impressive fourth place out of fifteen teams!
We collaborated with Oxford Bar Society to host an advocacy workshop at St. John's College, with Rory Dunlop KC (39 Essex Chambers) and Amanda Weston KC (Garden Court Chambers) delivering an incredibly interesting human rights case study.
Together with the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights and the Oxford Law Mooting Faculty, OxLWOB once again helped to organise the Blackstone Chambers Human Rights Moot. The quality of advocacy was excellent, and we would like to say a huge well-done to everyone involved, as well as good luck to our winning team, who will be representing Oxford at the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot in Geneva this summer!
For the most up-to-date information on our events and opportunities, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
Sponsorship & Collaboration
All of our activities incur us costs which we typically fund through donations from sponsors. We are also always looking to collaborate with law firms and human rights organisations, both to host events and establish longer-term research projects.
Should you be interested in collaborating with us, through sponsorship or otherwise, please contact us via email to communicate with our committee. Our email address is:
To learn more about the kinds of opportunities we have previously been able to provide, please see our Events Archive.
OxLWOB Human Rights Blog
As part of our aim to increase engagement with human rights issues here at the University of Oxford, we want to give students the opportunity to write - and read - about a range of human rights issues.
If you'd like to research and write about human rights from a legal perspective, either by writing articles of 500 - 1,000 or by creating social media content on topics that interest you, why not apply to become an OxLWOB Content Creator?
To apply, please send an email with your CV attached to oxlawyerswithoutborders@gmail.com. We're recruiting on a rolling basis and we aim to get back to you as soon as possible after you submit your application.
Editor-in-Chief
Hannah Husna Fareed
Editors
Mariya Vasilyeva, John Mark