Carolin Ott
UK Guide 2024
Associates to watch : Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant
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Carolin is a Solicitor in the human rights department at Leigh Day and works on both domestic and international human rights cases. Her work focuses on judicial review challenges and claims under the Human Rights Act 1998, with a particular emphasis on discrimination. Her cases include a broad range of high-profile challenges to public bodies, including in the context of social welfare, immigration and national security. She was named Times’ Lawyer of the Week in February 2021.
Career
Carolin is a dual qualified lawyer, admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and as an attorney to the New York State Bar. After completing her legal studies at the London School of Economics and Harvard Law School, Carolin worked in the public law department of a large legal aid firm, where she worked primarily on asylum and human rights claims in an immigration context, acting frequently for vulnerable individuals including victims of human trafficking. She has also worked for the Law Centres Network as an immigration advisor and for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on the trial of Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic.
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