Chief Operating Officer, Regional Director, Climate Justice Consultant.
Visa Status: UK and US Citizenship
Freya Doughty-Wagner
EDUCATION:
JSD/Doctorate of Juridical Science
(2019 – 2024 )
Washington University in St. Louis
Thesis: Climate Justice for Children: International Law as a Tool for Protection and Empowerment
Advisor: Prof. Susan Appleton
LL.M Public International Law
(2017 – 2018)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Thesis: An exploration of the ‘best interests’ principle under the UNCRC: Article 3(1) and its applicability, adequacies, and failings as a protectionary article for the girl-child
LLB(Hons) Law – First Class Honors (4.0)
(2014 – 2017)
University of the West of England, Bristol
EMPLOYMENT/RESPONSIBILITY:
Chief Operating Officer
(2025 – )
American Branch of the International Law Association
Regional Director, North America
(2024 – )
Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:
Chief Content Officer
(2024 – 2025)
American Branch of the International Law Association
Occasional Assistant Lecturer of European Union Law
(2022 – 2024 )
University of the West of England, Bristol
Gephardt Evaluation and Research Assistant
(2021 – 2023)
Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, St. Louis
Course Assistant – LL.B and LL.M
(2023 – 2023) (contract)
University of Essex – European Union Law and Competition Law
Teaching Assistant – JSD and LL.M Programs
(2021 – 2022 )
Washington University in St. Louis
Research Assistant
(2020)
Assistant to Professor Charles C. Jalloh at the United Nations International Law Commission
Research Assistant
(2019 – 2020)
Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, St. Louis
Assistant to Professor Leila Nadya Sadat
Litigation Paralegal and Researcher
(2019)
Mishcon de Reya, London
Research and Administrative Assistant
(2018 – 2019)
Law Business Research, London
AWARDS:
Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship – 2020
Awarded by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Professor Leila Nadya Sadat
Pro Bono Initiative of the Year – 2016
The Lawyer Magazine
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Junior Editor
(2025 – )
Environmental Rights Review
Certificate
(2021)
The Hague Academy of International Law, Public International Law Summer School
Committees:
International Environmental and Energy Law Committee and International Human Rights Committee, ABILA (2022 – )
The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (2023 – )
Research in Public International Law (2023 – )
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