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Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands

Tasks include the coordination and assessment of internal procedures to increase efficiency and workability, system management in the form of updating and finetuning the online Relocation platform for the best user experience, coordination of knowledge session within the team.

Tasks include guiding expats with their immigration and 30%-ruling procedure, monitoring legal and/or regulatory changes, maintaining contact with governmental agencies such as the IND and with employers. Tasks also include internal coordination of procedures and management of changes in procedures.

Tasks include conducting legal research in the field of mass action lawsuits and (Dutch) civil procedural law, keeping up to date with new case law in the field of climate litigation and writing memoranda on relevant legal developments, translating legal documents (Dutch, German and English), attending and taking note at case-related (strategy) meetings.

Tasks include summarizing the most recent case law in the field of asylum law, answering research questions from professionals in the legal field and writing short informational pieces for the databank of the organization.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Researching the individual asylum motives of children who accompanied their families on their journey to the Netherlands. Logging the individual motives, analyzing testimonials, hearings and cases to ultimately present recommendations for all of the involved parties, including lawyers and judges.

Mentoring a group of first year law students and teaching them the ways to navigate through law school. During the lessons the students are for example trained to efficiently and properly read the law and case law. The mentoring also includes meetings with individual students to discuss their progress and the ways in which they can improve or any other challenges they might encounter.

The work includes providing current or prospective members of the University Sports Center with information on the lessons, their membership or reservations. Other tasks include creating or extending new memberships, answering the phone and e-mails but also catering activities.

Author of reports for multiple first and third year law classes, including Civil Law, Roman Law, Philosophy of the Law and Administrative Law.

For two days a week over the span of a month the Masterclass provided insights in the activities of the paralegals and judges at the Court of The Hague. I had the opportunity to spend time with the criminal law and constitutional law department. The activities included preparing cases and attending court hearings, as well as discussions afterwards about the cases.

Leiden

The work entailed preparing materials for upcoming exams of first and second year law students tailored to the specific individuals. Subjects included Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Roman Law and European Law.

Catering events for the University of Leiden at different Faculties. Activities included setting up the area where the events were held, hosting and providing foods and beverages.

The work focused on the sale of delicacies, such as olives, tapenades and nuts. Apart from sales the work also included keeping the stand clean and promoting the products.

Tutor in English, Dutch, German and Latin

Sales of jewellery, re-stocking items and giving advice to customers.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Public International Law

Graduated with honours (cum laude), GPA: 8.92/10 | Thesis on "Domestic violence and the Refugee Convention: a legal analysis of the way.

Exchange Student, Law, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Connecticut Alliance for International Lawyers, Exchange Representative Exchange Student at the UConn School.

Bachelor'S Degree, Law

Moot Court completed with a 9.0 average (cum laude), 2017 First year of law school completed with an 8.1 average (cum laude), 2016 Lecture.

Vwo Tto-Gymnasium Diploma

Activities and Societies: - International Baccalaureate Higher Level English, completed with a 6.0 average (out of 7), 2015 Six year.