Abby Buttle

Background

Prior to pupillage, Abby worked at several human rights organisations.

She was a Legal Officer at the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), where she led a team of caseworkers representing members in the gig economy. After completing her postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford and Harvard Law School – for which she was awarded full scholarships – she spent six months as the Oxford Human Rights Hub Fellow at the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa working on constitutional law cases concerning the rights to education and housing.

Awards

City Law School:

• Middle Temple Blackstone Scholarship
• Middle Temple Lechmere Essay Prize 2020 – Winner
• CLS Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

Harvard Law School:

• Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship – Full scholarship for the LLM course.
• Arthur C. Helton Fellowship – Stipend from the American Society of International Law (ASIL) awarded to support fellowship in South Africa

University of Oxford:

• Hackney BCL Scholarship – Full scholarship from Wadham College, Oxford.
• Wadham College Prize for Distinction in Postgraduate Studies
• Oxford Human Rights Hub-Rhodes University Travelling Fellowship
• 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize 2018 – Winner

LSE:

• Slaughter and May Prize – Best performance in Part II (final year) out of 154 students.
• Blackstone Chambers Prize – Human Rights.
• Law Department Prize Dissertation – Best overall performance (80%)