Executive Committee
Faculty Advisors
Dr Stephanie Palmer Dr Palmer is a Faculty Advisor for the Cambridge Pro Bono Project. As a member of the Executive Committee, she assists with management of the CPP's activities. Dr Palmer has been involved with the CPP since 2010. |
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Dr Arushi Garg Assistant Professor Lena Holzer is a Faculty Advisor for the Cambridge Pro Bono Project. As a member of the Executive Committee, she assists with management of the CPP's activities. |
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Assistant Professor Lena Holzer Assistant Professor Lena Holzer is a Faculty Advisor for the Cambridge Pro Bono Project. As a member of the Executive Committee, she assists with management of the CPP's activities. |
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Professor Campbell McLachlan Professor Campbell McLachlan is a Faculty Advisor for the Cambridge Pro Bono Project. As a member of the Executive Committee, he assists with management of the CPP's activities. |
Executive Directors
Liyu Feng Liyu Feng is a PhD in Law Candidate at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the concept of community interests, the law of state responsibility and UN law. She acquired an LLB in China University of Political Science and Law, and an LLM in Peking University of China. She worked as the Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge International Law Journal and in several law clinics. She has been working with the CPP since 2023. |
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Vinícius Alexandre Fortes de Barros Vinícius Alexandre Fortes de Barros is a PhD in Law student at the University of Cambridge, where he researches the protection of LGBTI+ persons in international humanitarian law. For the PhD, he was awarded the Gates Scholarship. He completed his LLM in International Law at the University of Cambridge with the Chevening and Cambridge Trust Scholarships at the University of Cambridge. For the LLM, he was awarded the Jennings Award from Wolfson College. He is a Federal Prosecutor for the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service since 2016. |
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Marina Iskander Marina Iskander is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, focusing on competition law and trade policy in developing countries. She previously worked at the Egyptian Competition Authority, first as a Legal Researcher and then as Head of the Competition Policy and Competitive Neutrality Department. She was also seconded by the Authority to the OECD’s Competition Division. She completed her LLB and LLM at the University of Manchester, as well as an MA in Economics for Competition Law at King’s College London. |
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Stephen Watson Stephen Watson is a lawyer and legal scholar researching the intersection of legal and political philosophy, religious freedoms and anti-discrimination law. He is currently working on his PhD at the University of Cambridge as a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar. He is admitted as a lawyer in Australia (New South Wales) and New Zealand. Stephen was formerly an associate to a judge in the Federal Court of Australia and practised as a litigator in Sydney, Australia focussing on public interest class actions. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, a J.D. from the University of Melbourne and multiple degrees in music. |
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Léa Weimann Léa Weimann is a PhD candidate in law at the University of Cambridge, specialising in international environmental and climate change law. She researches and writes on ecocentric legal frameworks, including rights of nature and ecocide law. Léa has also published on children's rights, sustainable health governance and climate diplomacy. As a UN delegate, Léa has represented youth voices and legal solutions for change at major climate conferences. |