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ELLEN O'NEILL
Pupil Immigration Barrister
BA (Hons) (Oxon), MA, GDL
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Education:
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BA English Language and Literature, Oxford University
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MA Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University College London (Distinction)
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Dean’s List Award
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Graduate Diploma in Law, City, University of London
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Academic Excellence Scholarship
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Queen Mother Scholarship, Middle Temple
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Best speaker (first round), European Court of Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Strasbourg 2022
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Bar Vocational Studies, City, University of London (Distinction)
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Queen Mother Scholarship, Middle Temple
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Practice:
In her first six months of pupillage, Ellen is supervised by Gillian McCall and working on a mix of personal and business immigration matters.
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Experience:
Ellen has experience across immigration and public law. Prior to pupillage, she worked as an immigration paralegal at a law centre, where she assisted with asylum applications, often with multiple previous refusals, and on judicial reviews of certification decisions. She also volunteered with Legal Centre Lesvos in Greece, where alongside individual applications she worked on submissions to the European Court of Human Rights, and produced advocacy reports on human rights violations.
Ellen previously worked as a youth advocate at a legal charity, supporting young people facing immigration, homelessness, social care, and criminal justice challenges. She was also a paralegal at a public inquiry.
Outside of work, Ellen is a longstanding volunteer with a youth movement for asylum seekers and refugees.
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Languages
French (~CEFR level B2)
