Maisy Bentley

Maisy is currently completing the MPhil in law as a Rhodes Scholar. Her research focuses on women’s rights in the context of human rights climate change litigation. Maisy holds an MSt (Merit) (Oxford), LLB(Hons, first class) and BA (Victoria University of Wellington). She started her career at the UNHCR’s Pacific Regional Office (2022) and then at a top-tier New Zealand law firm (2023) and was a teaching fellow at Victoria University (2023-2024). She is an enrolled Barrister and Solicitor (New Zealand). At Oxford, she has led the Oxford Climate Society’s Climate in the Curriculum Programme, is a researcher assisting with the Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Governance and the Law, the co-deputy chair of Oxford Pro-Bono Group, and a co-convenor of the Feminist Jurisprudence Discussion Group.