Work, Research & Clinical Legal Experience
Work, Research & Clinical Legal Experience
Co-leading a clinic hub for legal research, analysis, and drafting (amicus briefs/interventions, policy submissions, and research support for NGOs, governments, and UN bodies); overseeing clinic project pipeline and partnerships; supervising and mentoring law students on transnational justice matters.
Representative projects include: research support to Bernard Duhaime, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, and reparation; research support to Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; research support to Hon. Justice Sandoval (Columbia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace); sumbission of an amicus curiae brief to the Αfican Court on Human and People's Rights in response to the request by the Pan African Lawyers Union for an Advisory Opinion on the obligations of states with respect to the climate change crisis; sumbission of an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-Αmerican Court of Human Rights in response to Guatemala's request for an advisory opinion on Democracy and Political Rights.
Bar Exam GPA: 8.6/10 (Civil law 9/10; Criminal law 9/10; Public Law 10/10; Commercial Law 7/10; Code of Conduct 8/10).
Co-authored an amicus curiae submission to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; Co-authored a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights.
Conducted contract management for SIXT; Updated and maintained a contract database, streamlining the storage, retrieval, and tracking of legal documents.
Joined immediately after graduating from Democritus University of Thrace, upon invitation from my former professor, Professor Dimitris Babiniotis, then a named partner of the firm and renowned expert in civil procedure and international arbitration; supported partners and associates in representing clients before District Courts, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court, with a focus on corporate law and arbitration.
Worked under the supervision of Professor Pliakos Asteris; attended the meetings of the European Affairs Committee of the Hellenic Parliament; prepared a Comparative Report on the Political Dialogue between National Parliaments and the European Commission (2019), which informed the work of the Hellenic Parliament’s Committee on European Affairs; gained first-hand exposure to the parliamentary procedure by attending committee sessions.
Interned during the summers of my second and third years of law studies. Worked on civil law disputes (leases, evictions, land registry research), gaining early exposure to litigation and housing and property law in practice.