Tech Rights // Public Law Fellow

• Jan 2023 - Present

Legal Researcher

• Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Worked on a range of advocacy projects relating to anti-corruption and public procurement. Some of the tasks I frequently did include:• representing the organisation in civil society and multi-stakeholder forums• preparing research summaries, speaking notes, and presentations for the Head of Legal and Investigations and the Executive Director• managing our internal “Procurement Watch” digital tool• writing op-eds and creating other external outputs as circumstances required

Researcher, Legal and Investigations

• Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

Between August—December 2021, I conducted research for various projects at the behest of the Head of Legal and Investigations, as part of a remote internship.

Junior Research Fellow

• Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

I was tasked with explaining why each year in South Africa there are many more arrests made by the police than there are convictions secured by the courts. To this end, I conducted extensive research, compiled several annotated bibliographies, and eventually submitted a 10 000 word draft paper which made both a philosophical argument about the nature of criminal justice and a series of practical recommendations for policy reform. I also presented these findings to my colleagues via Zoom. I was tasked with explaining why each year in South Africa there are many more arrests made by the police than there are convictions secured by the courts. To this end, I conducted extensive research, compiled several annotated bibliographies, and eventually submitted a 10 000 word draft paper which made both a philosophical argument about the nature of criminal justice and a series of practical recommendations for policy reform. I also presented these findings to my colleagues via Zoom.

Student Advisor

• Jul 2018 - Nov 2018

• Worked on cases of marriage, divorce, and eviction by meeting with indigent clients, drafting relevant documents, and managing their files • Worked on cases of marriage, divorce, and eviction by meeting with indigent clients, drafting relevant documents, and managing their files

Debating Coach

• Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

• Coached 15 high school students (both junior and senior), with a focus on developing their capacities to think critically and to form arguments • Adjudicated several inter-school debates, which entailed weighing competing arguments and delivering a verdict • Coached 15 high school students (both junior and senior), with a focus on developing their capacities to think critically and to form arguments • Adjudicated several inter-school debates, which entailed weighing competing arguments and delivering a verdict