Dr Emilie McDonnell

Dr Emilie McDonnell is an international lawyer and human rights advocate, with expertise in international human rights law, refugee law and international law more broadly. Her work focuses on advancing the human rights of people worldwide, particularly asylum seekers and migrants.

Emilie holds a DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford on protecting the right to leave of asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants during externalised migration control. She is a qualified Australian lawyer, an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania School of Law, and the 2016 Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar.

Education

  • 2021 
    University of Oxford , Doctor of Philosophy in Law
  • 2019 
    University of Oxford , Master of Philosophy in Law
  • 2017 
    University of Oxford , Bachelor of Civil Law with Distinction
  • 2016 
    University of Tasmania , Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
  • 2015 
    University of Tasmania , Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in Law

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