Bader College
International legal study at Bader College in England, undertaken as part of the LL.M. in Public International Law at Queen’s University.
International legal experience
In 2026, legal study extended beyond Canada: international legal study in England and France, institutional visits in The Hague, institutional programming at the United Nations in Geneva, engagement with Canadian diplomatic missions, and international protection work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Together they showed how international law operates in practice, across courts, diplomatic institutions, multilateral bodies and protection systems.
Study
The American University of Paris
International legal study at The American University of Paris, with a focus on public international law and transnational legal issues.
International courts
International Criminal Court
Academic and institutional exposure to international criminal justice at the International Criminal Court, where responsibility for the most serious international crimes is attributed to individuals.
International Court of Justice
Academic engagement with the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and with interstate adjudication, where disputes are decided between states rather than against individuals.
Multilateral and diplomatic institutions
United Nations
Institutional programming at the United Nations in Geneva, with exposure to the international human rights and wider multilateral system.
Canadian diplomatic missions
Visits to Canadian diplomatic missions that provided exposure to diplomacy, the practice of international law and the representation of the state abroad.
International protection
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
International protection work focused on refugee law, evidence, protection assessment and administrative decision-making. After an initial full-time period, the work continued part-time and remotely from Canada.
Across the system
Seen together, these settings show international law at different points of contact with the individual: a court that attributes criminal responsibility to individuals, a court that settles disputes between states, multilateral and diplomatic institutions that shape and represent the rules, and protection systems that apply them to people whose status and safety depend on the outcome.