Helen studied Law at Birmingham University, where she wrote her dissertation on international criminal law. She was awarded a first class degree in 2002. She further developed her interest in public international and international criminal law whilst studying for her LLM at Leiden University, where she took options including international humanitarian law, international institutional law, and supranational criminal law. She wrote her thesis on prosecutorial discretion within the International Criminal Court.

Before coming to Matrix, Helen worked at the Law Commission as a research assistant, primarily on a review of partial defences to murder. She has also taught criminal law part-time at King’s College, London and Oxford University.

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