Our Team
Lyndsay Monaghan Senior Associate Solicitor
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.
Eilidh Turnbull Solicitor
Eilidh is a solicitor, she holds a key role in developing our community lawyering model as well as working in our Scottish Women’s Rights Centre. Her journey with us began as a Justice First Fellow through the Legal Education Foundation. Her fellowship was sponsored by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, through Skadden’s Justice First Skadden Trainee (JUST) Programme.
During this program, Eilidh contributed to various legal centres, engaging in compelling legal cases and projects. Eilidh previously worked at the British Institute of Human Rights as a Human Rights Officer where she designed and delivered human rights learning and practice projects, workshops and co-produced resources.
Eilidh is passionate about using the law as a tool for positive change and making human rights more accessible for all.
Laura Nairn Solicitor
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.
Constance Trepanier Senior Legal Caseworker
Constance is a Senior Legal Caseworker in our Scottish Women’s Rights Centre.
She is a recent graduate of the University of Edinburgh (LLM Human Rights), following the completion of a first Master’s in Security Studies at the University College of London (UCL). After having initially focused academically on international relations, she decided to specialise in international and European human rights law. She is particularly interested in migration and asylum issues, as well as women’s rights and their protection from gender-based violence at work and in education among others.
She has experience working with displaced persons and asylum-seekers in Canada, France and Belgium through various organisations. This interest brought her to the EU institutions where she worked at the European Commission and the European Parliament on EU asylum policies and on amending legislative proposals to reflect a human rights-based approach. She also conducted advocacy work with the International Rescue Committee towards the EU institutions.
Rosa Grenfell Trainee Solicitor
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.
