Mike Videler

Mike will graduate with an LLM in International Law from the University of Amsterdam in December 2016. As a 2016 Diplomacy & Diversity Fellow with Humanity in Action, he explored diversity issues in a transatlantic context and wrote about the news media’s approach to migration. Previously, Mike was a research associate with the Public International Law & Policy Group, a global pro bono law firm, advising states and non-state actors on issues of international and human rights law. Additionally, he interned with the Netherlands Permanent Representation to the UN at Geneva, where he concurrently worked on the Human Rights Council. Mike holds bachelors’ degrees in both Liberal Arts and Dutch law, and spent a semester abroad at Sciences Po in Paris.

Education

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Comparative, European and International Laws European University Institute (2017 — 2018)
• Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International and European Law University of Amsterdam (2015 — 2016)
• Sciences Po (2014 — 2015)
• International Summer School The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2014 — 2014)
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Universiteit Utrecht / University of Utrecht (2012 — 2016)
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University College Utrecht (2010 — 2015)
• Tilburg University (2009 — 2010)
• Gymnasium Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Etten-Leur (2004 — 2010

Companies

• External Lecturer HEC Paris (2018)
• PhD Candidate in Law European University Institute (2017)
• Head of Section European Journal of Legal Studies (2017 — 2020)
• Lantos-Humanity in Action Congressional Fellow U.S. House of Representatives (2017 — 2017)
• Diplomacy & Diversity Fellow Humanity in Action (2016 — 2017)
• LLM Research Trainee De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (2016 — 2016)
• Research Associate Public International Law & Policy Group (2015 — 2016)
• Research Assistant University of Amsterdam (2015 — 2016)
• Human Rights Intern Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations (2015 — 2015)