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A number of distinguished Georgetown Law alumni have taken part in the ICJ fellowship program. Read more about several recent fellows below.<\/p>\n

\"MineMine Orer (L’23)<\/h2>\n

2024-2025 Fellow<\/p>\n

Mine Orer is a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice, where she is clerking for H.E. Judge Dalveer Bhandari as part of the 2024-25 Fellowship Programme. She holds a juris doctorate (JD) degree cum laude with a Certificate in International Trade and WTO Studies from Georgetown University Law Center, a master of laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and a bachelor of laws (LL.B.) degree from Ko\u00e7 University Law School in Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye. While at Georgetown Law, Mine served as the co-president for her Global Law Scholars cohort, Research Assistant to Professor Edith Brown Weiss in international environmental law, Trade Editor of the Georgetown Journal of International Law, and Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law. Mine has published on topics related to the investor-State dispute settlement reform and the intersection between international trade law and climate change. Alongside her studies, Mine concurrently pursued opportunities to strengthen her public international knowledge and skills by participating in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, working at the Legal Adviser\u2019s Office of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and being part of the Trade and Investment team at the Harrison Institute\u2019s Policy Clinic. As a dual-qualified lawyer, Mine is admitted to the DC and Istanbul Bars. Prior to her clerkship at the ICJ, Mine was working as an international trade and arbitration associate at Sidley Austin LLP in DC, where she focused her practice on investor-State arbitration, trade controls, and international trade and investment policy.<\/p>\n

\"Suhong<\/p>\n

Suhong Yang (S.J.D.’23, LL.M.’17)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2023-2024 Fellow<\/p>\n

Suhong Yang is a Judicial Fellow to H.E Judge XUE Hanqin at the International Court of Justice (2023-2024). She obtained her S.J.D. and LL.M. at Georgetown University Law Center in 2023 and 2017 respectively and her LL.B. at Renmin University of China in 2016. In addition to her academic degrees, Suhong has also studied in Oxford, Kathmandu, and Taipei. Her academic interests and expertise include public international law, international criminal law, international courts and tribunals, human rights, and China and international law. Her SJD dissertation, \u201cAssessing the Legitimacy of Hybrid Courts\u201d, was examined by the committee of Professor Jane Stromseth, Professor David Luban, and Professor David Tolbert. Suhong has published with International Legal Materials, Chinese Journal of International Law, George Mason International Law Journal, European Papers, and Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting. She was awarded as a David D. Caron Fellow and a Salzburg Cutler Law Fellow. At Georgetown, Suhong was a Teaching Assistant to Professor Michael Cedrone for his summer course Foundations of law in the United States and to Professor Thomas Kellogg for his class China and International Law. She also served as President of the Georgetown SJD Association, member of the Graduate and Transnational Programs Student-Faculty Committee, and delegate at the Student Bar Association as well as co-founded the Georgetown China Law Society. Suhong is an active member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). She is Secretary of the ASIL Women in International Law Interest Group and used to be Co-Chair of the ASIL New Professionals Interest Group. For legal practices, Suhong was a legal intern at the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and the Office of the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.<\/p>\n

\"Danielle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danielle Flanagan (L’21)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2022-2023 Fellow<\/p>\n

Danielle Flanagan was a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice, where she clerked for his Excellency Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian as part of the 2022-23 Fellowship Programme. She holds a juris doctorate and Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies with honors from Georgetown University Law Center. While in law school, Danielle was selected as a Global Law Scholar, worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Yvonne Tew in comparative constitutional law, and served as an Articles Editor of the Georgetown Journal of International Law. Danielle has published on topics related to the protection of civilians in armed conflict settings and the principle of non-refoulement. Alongside her studies, Danielle concurrently pursued opportunities to strengthen her client advocacy skills as a member of the Iraq and Libya client teams at the Public International Law & Policy Group and as a student representative in Georgetown\u2019s Asylum Clinic (CALS). She additionally explored issues of public international law while working at the U.N. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs in New York, the U.N. Migration Agency\u2019s International Law Unit in Geneva, and the Legal Adviser\u2019s Office of Human Rights and Refugees at the U.S. Department of State. Danielle is admitted to the New York Bar and formerly worked as an international arbitration and litigation associate at Hogan Lovells LLP in New York where she focused her practice on global anti-corruption, government investigations, and business & human rights-related claims.<\/p>\n

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\"Olivia<\/p>\n

Olivia Le Menestrel (L’21)<\/h2>\n

2021-2022 Fellow<\/p>\n

Olivia Le Menestrel is currently working at White & Case in their Mexico City office. In 2021-2022 she was a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She completed her JD at Georgetown University Law Center, focusing her studies in public international law. She also holds a degree from New York University (BA in History). She previously worked as an intern with the law firm Sygna Partners in Paris, France, as a summer associate with White & Case in New York, USA, and as an extern at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). While at Georgetown she also worked as a research assistant for Professor Edith Brown Weiss. She speaks English and French.<\/p>\n

\"Perpetua<\/p>\n

Perp\u00e9tua B. Ch\u00e9ry (L’20)<\/h2>\n

2020-2021 Fellow<\/p>\n

Perp\u00e9tua B. Ch\u00e9ry is an associate in the International Disputes Resolution Group at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Ms. Ch\u00e9ry joined Debevoise in 2021. From 2020 to 2021, she served as a Judicial Fellow to H.E. Judge Mohamed Bennouna at the International Court of Justice. Ms. Ch\u00e9ry received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a Global Law Scholar, and a Master\u2019s in Economic Law from the Institut d\u2019Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Prior to law school, Ms. Ch\u00e9ry worked extensively with governments and non-State actors throughout West and Central Africa on issues related to peace and security, governance, and human rights. She obtained a B.A. cum laude from the University of Florida in 2011 and is fluent in French and Haitian Creole.<\/p>\n

Julie Baleynaud (LL.M.’19)<\/h2>\n

2019-2020 Fellow<\/p>\n

Daphne Amouna (LL.M.’18)<\/h2>\n

2018-2019 Fellow<\/p>\n

Daphn\u00e9 Amouna is currently working as a trainee at the French National School for the Judiciary. She joined the French Judiciary in 2021. From 2018 to 2019, she served as a Judicial Fellow to H.E. Judge Ronny Abraham at the International Court of Justice. Ms. Amouna completed the dual M.IA.\/L.L.M degree at Sciences Po Paris and Georgetown Law, where she was a Fulbright, Georges Lurcy and International Merit Scholar.<\/p>\n

At Georgetown, her curriculum focused primarily on the prosecution of international crimes. She also had the opportunity to study the US criminal justice system and participated in the Practicum \u201cBest Practices for Justice: Prosecutors working to improve the criminal justice system\u201d with the Prosecutors\u2019 Center for Excellence. While in the US, Ms Amouna also interned at the French Embassy, where she worked for the\u00a0Liaison Attach\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ms Amouna also holds a Master cum laude in International Public Law from Universit\u00e9 Paris II Pantheon-Assas, as well as two bachelors of law from Universit\u00e9 Pantheon- Assas and University College Dublin. She has worked at the Prosecution Office of the French War Crimes Unit at the Paris High Court, the Counter-terrorism Investigative Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals, and the International Criminal Court. She speaks English fluently.<\/p>\n

Gunjan Chawla (LL.M.’17)<\/h2>\n

2017-2018 Fellow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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