Our Team

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Barbara is a Legal Director and Partner, and leads our Scottish Just Law Centre. She is also the Partner in our SWRC team.

Having graduated from Glasgow University with First Class Honours in Public International Law, she obtained an LLM from New York University, covering international human rights law, made possible through a fully funded scholarship awarded based on academic merit. 

Barbara spent over 14 years in private practice specialising in civil litigation, and is qualified to practice in Scotland, England & Wales and New York State. Alongside her client work, she has worked on diverse pro bono projects including successful asylum appeals in New York City, providing research and support to the International Criminal Tribunal in Rwanda, and providing advice through the Citizens Advice Bureau in Scotland. 

Prior to joining JRS, Barbara spent two years as Head of Legal and Policy at the Scottish Human Rights Commission, and was a Partner in a major law firm in Edinburgh for six years. She now combines policy work with legal case work, using human rights and equality law to secure remedies for rights breaches, including through strategic public interest litigation. 

Lyndsay is a Senior Associate Solicitor in our Scottish Women’s Rights Centre. She completed her traineeship within a private practice firm, with a strong focus on family law and civil court work.

As a law student at the University of Strathclyde in 2015, she was one of the first student volunteers at the Law Clinic for the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC), assisting with the SWRC helpline and casework. She undertook a summer internship with the SWRC and continued to volunteer on the helpline throughout her traineeship and post qualification. She was appointed Co-Student Director of the Law Clinic from 2015-2016. Lyndsay works in the SWRC, providing advice, information and representation to women who have experienced gender based violence through our helpline, surgery and legal casework, as well as delivering training and awareness raising events.

Laura Nairn is a solicitor at JustRight Scotland working in the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre.

Laura completed her undergraduate degree in Scottish Law and her Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Glasgow. Laura commenced her traineeship in 2021, spending one year of her traineeship working in the family law department.

She qualified as a solicitor in 2023 and continued advising clients on a range of family law matters, including divorce, child law, cohabitation and protective orders. Throughout this time, Laura has gained experience working with women affected by gender-based violence and developing an understanding of the difficulties survivors face within the legal system and society.

Laura is passionate about increasing access to justice, improving the support and remedies available to survivors and reducing the root causes of gender-based violence.

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Rosa is a Trainee Solicitor and a Justice First Fellow with the Legal Education Foundation.

She graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2021 with a Scots Law LLB and undertook her Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at Strathclyde University. During this time she focused on international law, human rights, and justice. Before coming to work with JustRight Scotland she was a paralegal at a Public Inquiry.

She is passionate about lowering the barriers to accessing justice and challenging the wider oppressive systems in place.