Our Staff

Life at JC

• Legal Officer

Life Pre-JC

• Meredith worked as a public defender in New York City, representing residents of Harlem and Upper Manhattan in New York Family Court on neglect and abuse cases. She also represented NYC domestic workers in their claims against employers for harassment, discrimination, and wage & hour violations.

Life Beyond JC

• Working towards becoming a Hong Kong-registered solicitor and making modest (and often embarrassing) attempts at Chinese.

Life at JC

• I support the legal team in case intake and coordination

Life Pre-JC

• Wandered the world until I realized where home is, and settled.

Life Beyond JC

• Spirituality, writing, drawing, singing.

Life at JC

• Responsible for providing legal support and information to asylum claimants and torture victims, guiding them through the Unified Screening Mechanism (USM) process in Hong Kong

Life Pre-JC

• Worked in private practice in Ontario, Canada as an immigration lawyer with a focus on humanitarian cases and family reunification
• Supported with the coordination of the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge

Life Outside JC

• All things arts and crafts and jamming on my guitar

Life at JC

• Hazel mainly provides administrative support in Justice Centre. She is very happy to be part of the Justice Centre family.

Life Pre-JC

• Hazel used to work in the administrative aspect for companies of varies sizes before joining Justice Centre.

Life Outside JC

• Hazel has a son who keeps her very busy with his plenty of questions.

Life at JC

• Responsible for managing the production of all communications, marketing and media strategies and products to realise Justice Centre’s mission.
• Responsible for a wide range of advocacy initiative in support of Justice Centre’s policy agenda

Life Pre-JC

• Specialising in International relations, Preston holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences with a minor in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Hong Kong. He visited the school of Diplomacy and Political Science at Yonsei University, Korea for his overseas exchange programme, and served UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in HK as Protection Intern during his university education. Preston was also a Mini-Pupil at Temple Chambers and Alan Leong SC’s Chambers.
• Upon graduation, Preston spent a year at Goldman Sachs on a project management role supporting the leading global investment bank’s in-house business development.

Life Outside JC

• Hiking; Spending time in Haruki Murakami’s fictional worlds.
• Baking is a new challenge.

Life at JC

• I work with the Legal Services Team and provide support and information to all asylum claimants and marginalized persons in Hong Kong.

Life Pre-JC

• Previously, I worked with a women’s rights NGO in India where I provided pro bono legal assistance to victims of sexual and gender-based violence.

Life Beyond JC

• Love hiking and reading fiction and poetry in my spare time. Also spend my time dwelling over the intersections of sociology and law and developing jurisprudence to address the gaps in law and policy making from a sociological standpoint.

Life at JC

• Responsible for providing counselling support to all clients at Justice Centre. I work with both adults and children, giving them an ear when they need it and a hand to help.

Life Pre-JC

• Over 6 years of working in the education industry as a teacher. With a background in corporate recruitment, Office management and child welfare.

Life Outside JC

• Working full time in a local primary school.
• Reading, jogging and an occasional hike or two, while baking terrible cupcakes and fostering tiny cats.

Life at JC

• Responsible for providing administrative, legal coordination and support for Legal Services team to ensure services are provided professionally and efficiently.

Life Pre-JC

• Prior to Justice Centre, Katherine volunteered at Citizens Advice Bureau and a Law Centre in London. She also spent 3 years working in the food services whilst pursuing her Law degree.

Life Outside JC

• Outside of work Katherine enjoys playing tennis and hiking.

Life at JC

• Assist our clients for their basic needs around health, housing, education, income support and general well-being to help them build a normal life and assimilation in society
• Collaborate with other like-minded individuals and organizations to support our clients

Life Pre-JC

• Over 7 years of experience working as Legal Manager for Union Bank of India, India.
• Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Indian Law Society’s Law College, Pune, India and Master’s degree (LLM in Corporate & Finance Laws) from The University of Hong Kong.

Life Beyond JC

• Exploring art work by way of bottle painting, sketches and drawings, reading fiction books and listening to music.
• Explore different places for food and travel.

Life at JC

• Assist our clients for their basic needs around health, housing, education, income support and general well-being to help them build a normal life and assimilation in society
• Collaborate with other like-minded individuals and organizations to support our clients

Life Pre-JC

• After working in PR & Comms for luxury brands for over 10 years she had a change of heart and moved into the NGO sector in the UK. She worked at a charity helping older people to exercise and combat social isolation

Life Beyond JC

• Being the PA & driver to two young kids, trying to manage my biscuit and cake addition (!) and cooking