Matthew Ivor-Jones

Pro-bono experience

• Advised a human rights charity on international case law relating to systematic discrimination and breaches of human rights against a minority group based in Central Africa. This advice was undertaken to assist with a submission for a case that was brought before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
• Advised individual clients at various legal clinics across London on topics ranging from housing issues to employment law and general contractual disputes.
• Pro-bono secondment to a Greek NGO to provide legal assistance to asylum seekers in refugee camps on the Greek islands to help with first instance asylum interviews and family reunification applications.
• Mentor with GROW Mentoring which aims to promote diversity, inclusion and social mobility in the legal profession.