Mitch Robinson (PhD International Law, ’12), has won a prestigious new award from the British Council.

Selected as a finalist in the Professional Achievement category of the Education UK (EDUK) Alumni Awards 2015, Mitch was recognised for his work at a gala dinner in New York on Saturday, 21 March.

The new Education UK Alumni Awards, created by the British Council, are intended to recognise outstanding success in entrepreneurism, professional achievement, and social impact of people who have graduated from UK higher educational institutions within the last ten years.

The Professional Achievement Award recognises alumni who have distinguished themselves through exemplary leadership and achievement in their industry, and who demonstrate the highest level of integrity and character in their career.

Mitch works at the United States Department of Defense as an International Law Specialist for the Office of Chief Defense Counsel. He is an international law expert for the 9/11 death penalty case at Guantanamo Bay. He graduated with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Department of Law and Criminology of Aberystwyth University in 2005 and was a Shelby Cullom and Kathryn Davis Scholar at the Graduate Institute from 2007 to 2012, where he obtained his PhD in International Law.

Mitch’s work was instrumental in obtaining ground breaking reports and precedents from the United Nations regarding due process rights and the rehabilitation of torture victims.

In addition to his legal work, Mitch recently published the first installment of his novel series, 22:10: an international crime novel which features a “quiet university town on the Welsh coastline” where the main character seeks solitude.
Originally from Mississippi, Mitch now lives in Arlington, Virginia, after spending more than a decade living in Wales, Beijing, Geneva, Oslo and Edinburgh.