Ms. Raquel De Souza, LL.M Thesis candidate (Environmental Option) (McGill University), M.Phil (University of Cambridge), Postgraduate Diploma (University of Brasília), LL.B (University of Brasília). Prior to joining CISDL, Ms. De Souza was a law clerk at the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil. She has also worked as a lawyer at a major Brazilian law firm practicing in the areas of environmental, civil and administrative law. In 2001, she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship in order to pursue a Masters degree in Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. In addition, Ms. De Souza has carried out research in the field civil liability, taught, as a part-time lecturer, in local Brazilian universities/institutions besides having been engaged in a research fellowship programme at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands. She is currently a LL.M Thesis candidate (Environmental option) at McGill University’s Faculty of Law and was awarded a Provost’s Graduate Fellowship. Her legal research interests include environmental liability, human rights and the environment, sustainable trade and biodiversity.