Lizaveta Trakhalina

Belarus

Magister Juris (MJur), 2019
St Cross College, Oxford

Funding: Oxford-Weidenfeld/Chevening

Lizaveta holds an undergraduate degree in International Law (2017) and MA degree in Legal Science (2018) from Belarusian State University. Lizaveta established a local branch of European Law Student’s Association (ELSA) in Belarus, with a membership of more than a thousand Belarusian law students.

Before joining Oxford University, Lizaveta practiced law as an associate at “Sysouev, Bondar, Khrapoutski SBH” Law Office in Belarus, advising on handling commercial, investment and sport disputes in arbitration. Lizaveta’s academic interest is in the sphere of international investment law and she aspires to influence its development to prosper economies in various regions of the world.