Jen Ang is a Founding Director of Lawmanity, a project that aims to tackle inequalities in the law by working with people-led movements to secure positive change. She was formerly Founding Director of JustRight Scotland, a human rights charity which uses the law to defend and extend people’s rights.

Jen is an experienced human rights lawyer qualified to practice in Scotland, England and Wales, and New York State. She is a legal expert on asylum, human rights and children’s rights, and on the rights of survivors of torture.

She is also a Professor in Practice with the University of Glasgow School of Law.

Jacqui is the Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity at the University of Oxford where she manages a wide portfolio of knowledge exchange and research projects on migration. Jacqui’s own work focusses on local government and migration, integration and inclusion.  Prior to this, Jacqui managed the Refugee and Migrant Team at Islington Council, providing social services support to families and vulnerable adults with No Recourse to Public Funds. In 2016, she received a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to travel to cities in the United States and Italy to understand how cities can better integrate migrants. It is this experience, alongside her role in delivering the council’s contribution to the Syrian Vulnerable Person’s Resettlement Scheme that have informed her commitment to the vision of Justice Together Initiative.

Matthew joined LEF in 2013 as our first Chief Executive. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the Baring Foundation, and Director of Community Work at Community Links in east London. At LEF, Matthew is driven by this frontline experience in communities, seeing first hand the difference that the law makes to people’s lives, in securing rights, holding those in power to account and providing a pathway to structural change.

Ernest is an advocate for migrants’ rights with experience in policy, research, and community engagement. He is an Advisor at the Migrants’ Rights Network and a member of the RITES Committee at the British Institute of Human Rights. He co-developed MRN’s Know Your Rights resources for asylum seekers in hotel accommodation and leads a research project on mental health in asylum settings, funded by the Ubele Initiative and IVAR. Ernest also works in compliance within a socialcare CIC, where he oversees audits, risk assessments, and safeguarding for young people in semi-independent accommodations. His work focuses on access to justice, mental health, and strengthening grassroots voices through strategic governance.