Jessica Robinson

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About me
Legal Aid Billing Assistant at Wilson’s Solicitors | Human Rights and Public Law
Education
- BPP Law School
  2023 - 2024
  Master of Laws - LLM Human Rights and Public Law Distinction
- University of Edinburgh Law School
  2019 - 2020
  LLM in Human Rights Human Rights Law 2:1, and 75% for my dissertation
  I chose my course load to equip me with both practical skills and thematic training aimed towards a critical engagement with law pertaining to conflict, migration, peace and gender within the state and the international world order. I graduated in December 2020, with a 2:1 and a first for my research component.
- University of Cape Town
  2018 - 2018
  BSocSci Honours specialising in Justice and Transformation Social Justice 1st
  I graduated in April 2019 with a 75.42 GPA and a first-class classification. This is a course work postgraduate degree with a minor thesis component housed in the politics faculty.
- University of Cape Town
  2015 - 2017
  Bachelor’s Degree Politics, Philosophy, and Economics 1st, Deans Merit List
  Activities and Societies: Rowing Club I completed this undergraduate degree in the December of 2017, with a triple major in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. I was awarded distinctions in all three of these majors, and a distinction overall. Furthermore, in my third and final year I was awarded Deans Merit List.
- St Cyprian's School
  2002 - 2014
  High School Batchelor's Pass with 5 distinctions.
  Activities and Societies: Blue Ink School Magazine; Hockey; Swimming; Squash; Head of Academic Portfolio; Head of Yearbook Committee; East African Model United Nations delegate. English: 91%Maths: 87%Physics: 79%History: 95%Economics: 91%Afrikaans: 72%Life Orientation: 89%
Experience
- Saggy Stone Pub and Brewery
  Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
  Waitress
- Urbantonic
  Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
  Waitress
- Cape Town Maths and Science Tutors
  Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
  Senior Tutor
  My Responsibilities included tutoring maths and physics to high school students wishing to improve their academic performance.
- Sevruga Restaurant
  Dec 2016 - Apr 2017
  Hostess
- University of Cape Town
  Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
  Economics Essay Marker
  I marked the economics essays of the course ECO1011F. Additionally I hosted hot seat hours where advice to students with regards to their draft essays was offered.
- University of Cape Town
  Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
  As a tutor I presented and explained the weekly content to my students, as well as marked all of their submissions (both essays and tests) and acted as a first port of call with issues and correspondent to the department. I worked as a tutor for the second semester course in game theory offered by UCT's School of Economics. My responsibilities included hosting weekly tutorials, marking submissions and invigilating tests.
  - Introduction to Politics Tutor
    Jul 2018 - Dec 2018
  - Game Theory Tutor
    Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
- Vail Resorts
  Nov 2018 - Feb 2019
  Rental Technician
- Africa Unite
  Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
  Human Rights Officer
  As an intern at Africa Unite I organized a number of events, such as the Anti-Xenophobia Youth Summit, which worked with school children to inculcate a culture of understanding and pan-African unity in the face of violent xenophobic attitudes within their communities. Furthermore, I engaged in report writing, funding proposals, and fundraising initiatives.
- University of Edinburgh Law School
  Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
  Training Facilitator
  The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with Human Rights Consortium Scotland, and Amnesty Scotland, ran a training workshop on human rights treaty incorporation. As a volunteer I facilitated a small group and guided the discussion to achieve fruitful engagement
- Engender Scotland
  May 2020 - Aug 2020
  Women's Rights Legal Researcher
  In this role I worked to evaluate the promise and risks posed using strategic litigation to further the aims of the organization. I co-authored an evaluative report on the Scottish Government’s compliance with their ‘due regard’ obligation under the Equality Act 2010. I worked on an analysis of the proposed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill and explored its potential to be weaponized against feminist advocacy groups.
- Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI)
  Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
  Volunteer
  This conference on ‘The Future of Human Rights: Socio-Economic Rights, Equality and Development’, was held over zoom. To this end, I worked to ensure that the sessions I co-chaired, were secure and ran as smoothly as possible.
- Freelance
  Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
  Data Analyst and Collector
  I work with current students and researchers to analyze, collect, clean and code their qualitative research. Furthermore, I provide language and editing services to my clients.
- University of Edinburgh Law School
  Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
  Research Assistant
  I worked to support Dr Kasey McCall-Smith’s paper reflecting on both the pitfalls and best practices regarding the effectiveness of HRIAs as instruments of change, for the International Journal of Human Rights.
- Mothers2mothers
  Apr 2021 - Jun 2023
  I work with the Communications, Special Events, and Corporate Partnership teams to support the incredible work that mothers2mothers' mentor mothers do to ensure healthy, thriving families and an end to paediatric AIDS across sub-Saharan Africa.
  - Communications Officer
    Sept 2022 - Jun 2023
  - Communications Assistant
    Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
- Wilsons Solicitors London
  Sept 2024 - now
  Legal Aid Billing Assistant
Licenses & Certifications
- NSC Batchelor Pass
- Batchelor of Social Science
  University of Cape Town
  Apr 2018