Kate is a U.S.-qualified Lawyer with a strong background in human rights and public interest law.

She was co-captain of her law school’s Public International Law Moot Court team and completed legal internships at the headquarters of the American Red Cross, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Refugee Assistance Project, and the United States Department of Justice’s National Security Division, Office for Victims of Overseas Terrorism.

She has worked with organisations including Global Human Rights Defence, the International Refugee Assistance Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund. She also served as a government Lawyer for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kate was a legal assistant to the Chairperson of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland. She was called to the District of Columbia Bar in 2020.

Kate has volunteered on prison law cases for the Prisoners’ Advice Service in London, and has assisted in drafting applications on behalf of wrongfully convicted persons to the Criminal Case Review Commission. She is on the board of the Innocence Project London.

She is currently pursuing a qualification at the Bar of England and Wales at BPP University and is a member of Lincoln’s Inn.

Education and Qualifications:

• BSc in Psychology – Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio, USA
• MA in Social Work – University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• JD Doctor of Law – American University, Washington, D.C., USA
• Law – University of Oxford and the Asser Institute for European and International Law, The Hague

Notable Experience or Interests Outside of Law:

Before becoming a Lawyer, Kate was a social worker and mental health counsellor, providing trauma-focused services to clients with serious mental-illness and victims of trauma and violence, including domestic abuse, rape, and torture.