Emil Sahakyan

I am a Caseworker within the Immigration Department at Duncan Lewis. I work in the Croydon office under the supervision of solicitor Claire Ryan and director Bernadette Adusei.

My role consists of assisting the team of immigration solicitors and trainees with the day-to-day case progression and correspondence with clients and third parties on a wide variety of immigration related matters including cases that involve breaches of human rights and assisting vulnerable individuals seeking international protection with their asylum applications and appeals.

I have previously undertaken legal and voluntary placements, including at the European Court of Human Rights, at the Disability Law Service and at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre.

I speak English, French, Armenian and Russian and have some basic knowledge of German.

• LLM Master of Laws - University of Exeter (merits)
• Master II in Public International Law - University Lyon III Jean Moulin (merits)
• Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) - University of Law, London Bloomsbury
• French bachelor degree in law - University of Strasbourg

• Duncan Lewis Solicitors, October 2019–present
• Volunteer at Disability Law Service, February 2019-August 2019
• Legal intern at European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, February 2016-September 2016
• Legal trainee at European Court of Human Rights, September 2015-January 2016
• Consultant at Central and Eastern European Initiative for International Criminal Law and Human Rights, September 2015-November 2015

• Cinema
• Hiking
• Travelling