Education
PhD in Law, University of Oxford
Subjects
Human Rights Law, Women's Rights in Childbirth, Medical Law and Ethics, Constitutional Law
Achievements
First Class (cum laude) in BA (Law), LLB, and LLM; top 10% of LLM graduates at the University of Cambridge (2022); Gold Phatshoane Henney Group Honour Medal for top results in the LLB class of 2017; multiple top achiever awards in law (2013-2017); Oppenheimer Memorial Trust scholarship
About
Georgia is a DPhil in Law scholar at Oxford exploring how human rights protect women in childbirth, supported by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust. She has served as a legal and academic researcher at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, South Africa’s Constitutional Court, the Mexican Supreme Court, and the United Nations, and has taught and mentored for over a decade, including as assistant lecturer of medical law and ethics at Oxford.
Discipline
Politics & Policy
Academic Achievements
Achieved a First Class (cum laude) in her BA (Law), Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Master of Laws (LLM) degrees; Top 10% of Master of Laws (LLM) graduates, University of Cambridge, 2022; Gold Phatshoane Henney Group Honour Medal (top results in LLB class of 2017); Without Prejudice feature article on South Africa’s Top Final Year Law Students of 2017; ENS top achiever award for Law of Contracts, 2017; ENS top achiever award for Law of Delicts, 2017; Top achiever award for Constitutional Law, 2016; Top achiever for Legal Philosophy, 2016; Top achiever for Advanced Family Law, 2016; Juta top achiever award for Criminal Law, 2015; Top first-year Bachelor of Arts (Law) student, 2013. Awarded several prestigious academic scholarships, including Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship, Skye Cambridge Scholarship, Vanderbilt Scholarship (NYU School of Law), and Global Health Fellowship (Georgetown Law).
Teaching & Mentoring Experience
Georgia has been teaching and mentoring for over a decade. Most recently, she has been an assistant lecturer of medical law and ethics in Oxford's Faculty of Law (two terms) and tutor and essay supervisor for a bridging programme for first-year law students at Exeter College, Oxford (ad hoc basis for two years). Previously, she was an English literature and creative writing tutor for high school students (2-3 hours per week for three years); criminal law tutor (2 hours per week for one year); and human rights law tutor for an extracurricular high school programme (2 hours per week for two years).
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