Team
The over 400 members of the RLC Berlin are united in their commitment to access to justice for all. In addition to many students, people from different professional backgrounds and age groups are involved with us. The various projects of the association are coordinated by the Board and actively supported by our association members in working groups.
Board of Directors
elected on February 3rd, 2021
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The next general meeting is on February 18th, 2022
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Our board of directors works on a voluntary basis and is in close contact with our office and all those involved in the association. Monthly organizational meetings, which are open to all members of the association, form the starting point of our varied work.
Herta Mirea
Co-Chairwoman
Herta is studying law at Humboldt University and is currently completing the second part of the training cycle.
She used to work as a (documentary) filmmaker with a focus on the EU's external borders and has been working on the various reception programmes from Afghanistan since the beginning of 2022.
She has been part of the Board since February 2024 and is primarily involved in the Education and Events working groups.
Pronouns: she/her
Isabel Bento Bilbao
Co-Chairwoman
Isabel is a spanisch lawyer. She has lived in Germany for several years and works in the field of migration and asylum law. She has been advising in the Neukölln team since completing the 2021/2022 training cycle. Since February 2024 she is co-chair of the board of the RLC Berlin.
Pronouns: she/her
Sofiya Khabyuk
Sofiya Khabyuk is studying law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and has been a member of the Board since 2024. She is an integral part of the Finance and Public Relations working groups as well as the Events and Networking working group.
Pronouns: she/her
Justus Tabbara
Justus passed his 1st state law exam in autumn 2023 and has been working as a research assistant at Humboldt University since the beginning of the year. He has been part of the Wedding advisory team since January. As a member of the Executive Board, he will primarily be involved in the Education and Public Relations working groups.
Jule Gensler
Jule has been studying law at HU Berlin since 2023, before which she completed a bachelor's degree in political science. She has been advising Team Neukölln since August 2022 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 2024. She is primarily involved in the anti-discrimination and finance working groups.
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pronouns: she/her
Susanne Scheja
Susanne has been studying law at Humboldt University since 2021 and has been advising in the Neukölln counselling team since August 2022. She has been active on the Executive Board since 2024 and works primarily in the anti-discrimination and counselling working groups. Pronouns: she/her
Emil Streif
Emil studiert Jura an der Humboldt-Universität und besucht gerade den zweiten Teil des Ausbildungszyklus. Danach möchte er selber in die Beratung einsteigen. Den ersten Kontakt mit Migrationsrecht hatte er während eines Praktikums im Europäischen Parlament.
Seit 2024 ist er Teil des Vorstandes und bringt sich vor allem in den AGs Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Veranstaltung und Vernetzung ein.
Pronomen: er/ihm
Our lecturers of the training cycle
Winter semester 2024
Pauline Endres de Oliveira & Barbara Wessel
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Summer semester 2025
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Every year, with our lecture series, we offer free access to information on asylum and residence law and at the same time train new legal advisors for the RLC Berlin. We could never implement this concept without our great lecturers, who give a comprehensive lecture every year that is always oriented towards the latest topics in the field of asylum and residence law. Thank you for your support!
Pauline Endres de Oliveira
Pauline Endres de Oliveira works at the Justus Liebig University in a Research project on global migration and is doing his doctorate on the legal aspects of safe access routes for those seeking protection in the EU. Pauline has been a lecturer for the RLC Berlin since 2015. Pauline is a member of Amnesty International's Asylum Commission, a board member of the human rights organization
JUMEN and Member of the Editorial Board of the Constitution Blog .
Barbara Wessel
Barbara Wessel has been a lecturer at the RLC Berlin since the winter semester 2020/2021. She has been working as a lawyer since 2002, specializing in asylum and residence law and family law. She also advises on Lesbian and gay association in Germany as well as with the Lesbian counseling Berlin eV on all asylum, residence and family law issues, especially for binational couples.
Johanna Coat
Johanna Mantel works as a legal officer and co-editor of the asylum magazine at the Asylum and Migration Information Network ( asyl.net ). Since the Refugee Law Clinic Berlin was founded, she has been teaching asylum and residence law as a lecturer at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
Legal supervision
Due to the legal advice we offer, there is an obligation for our advisors to be regularly supervised. Our supervision is overseen by qualified lawyers who are themselves active in asylum and residence law. We also use the supervision to ensure that our advisors remain up to date in the legal developments in order to be able to ensure the quality of the advice, among other things. Apart from the regular appointments, our advisors can email our supervisors at any time to obtain an expert opinion on urgent questions. We therefore appreciate the great support provided by our supervisors.