Kerrie Rowan
GLP Fellow
Kerrie joined the Center
in 2018 and is responsible for conducting international human right law
research to support cross-departmental thematic discussions and policy
formulation.
Kerrie joined the Center
from London where she practiced as a criminal defense barrister at 25 Bedford
Row. Prior to becoming a barrister, she worked as a legal assistant on the white-collar
criminal defense team at Arnold &, Porter LLP and as a research assistant
with the Capital Sentencing Institute at St. Louis University, Missouri. Kerrie
spent almost two years as legal assistant and case manager of a defense team at
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Kerrie has also
clerked for Justice Arbel at the Supreme Court of Israel, where her research
focused on comparative human rights law.
Kerrie received her
undergraduate degree in Law with French Law from University College Dublin, her
LLM from McGill University and a Certificate in International Human Rights Law
and Practice from the London School of Economics. While completing her LLM,
Kerrie volunteered with Innocence McGill, served as a fellow with the One
Justice Project and was managing editor of the McGill Journal of Sustainable
Development Law. She is a qualified barrister in England and Wales (2015) and a
New York attorney (2013).