About
Sasha is a law clerk in Freshfields’ dispute resolution practice based in the New York office.
Prior to her joining Freshfields, Sasha served as a Legal Advisor to the Permanent Mission of Belize to the United Nations and to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. Sasha also worked as a Research Assistant at the International Law Commission to Commissioner and current International Court of Justice Judge Phoebe Okowa. Previously, Sasha has researched for the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group, the High-Level Expert Group on Gender Apartheid and Gender Persecution, the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. After graduating from college, Sasha worked as a Legal and Compliance analyst at a Canadian asset management firm.
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law
- Recipient of the Jerome Lipper Prize for excellence in international law, the International Law & Human Rights Fellowship, the International Institute of Law and Justice Joyce Lowinson Scholarship
- NYU Law Review, Editor
- M.Sc., University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College
- Supported by Victoria College's Margaret Addison Postgraduate Scholarship
- B.A., University of Toronto, Victoria College
- Recipient of the Brown Gold Medal for highest standing in the History Specialist program, the Maurice Cody Memorial Prize in History awarded annually to an outstanding student in the program, and multiple scholarships for academic merit
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