Luna Willems has finished her Bachelor’s degree in law at Utrecht University and is currently completing the LLM Public International Law at Leiden University. She has a strong interest in women’s and reproductive rights. She has written one thesis on surrogacy and one on human genome editing, which shows her fascination for topics where bioethics and international law come together.

Suzanne de Vries is a Dutch student completing her Master's in IT-law in Groningen, while she has started the Master's in Health Law at the UvA. Besides studying, she enjoys exercising and in the process enjoys keeping track of her health data with wearables. Suzanne is interested in privacy issues and AI-use in healthcare, but is also exploring in areas she is less familiar with.

Estela Pires is a Brazilian student, completing her Bachelor's in Politics, Psychology, Law & Economics at UvA, with a Law Major. Before moving to Europe, she gained some experience working as a Tax Law Intern in São Paulo. Later on, she followed two summer internships in the health industry in Basel and worked as a Teaching Assistant at UvA, teaching Principles of Economics & Business I.

Kaja Ippel is a Dutch/Polish student continuing her Master's in European Union Law while starting her second Master's in East European Studies, both at the UvA. Besides studying, she is also active in international youth politics where she fulfils the role of an International Officer at a liberal political youth organisation in The Netherlands. Her main areas of interest in that regard are human rights and specifically women’s rights and abortion laws.

Master's student in EU Law & East European Studies

Kaja Ippel is a Dutch/Polish student continuing her Master's in European Union Law while starting her second Master's in East European Studies, both at the UvA. Besides studying, she is also active in international youth politics where she fulfils the role of an International Officer at a liberal political youth organisation in The Netherlands. Her main areas of interest in that regard are human rights and specifically women’s rights and abortion laws.

Master's student in Public International Law

Kai Figueras de Vries has a background in biochemistry and international law. He is currently an LLM student in Public International Law at the UvA. He combines his dual training in biochemistry and international law to examine policy questions about access to health technologies globally. Kai is also active member of the Dutch chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.

Master's student in International Business Law

Aldo Sainz is a law student from Mexico, deeply passionate about international and comparative law, human rights and researching the impact of law in society. He holds an LLB from CETYS Universidad and is currently enrolled in the Master's Programme in International Business Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before coming to the Netherlands, Aldo had some experience as an intern at CEEAD, one of Mexico’s leading legal research centres, and at a corporate law firm specialized in labour law. 

Idoia Bols-Anasagasti is a Spanish/Dutch student with a background in international law. She is continuing her Master's degree in EU law at the UvA.

LLM student in Private Law

Myrte Hollander completed the Master's degree in Health Law at the UvA in 2021. During her Student Assistantship, she is enrolled in the Master's degree in Private Law at the UvA. Her areas of interest are medical disciplinary law and medical liability law, patient rights and legal issues surrounding the beginning and end of life.