Originally from Toowoomba, Queensland, Justin McGovern holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Southern Queensland, graduating first in class and receiving the Faculty Medal for Arts. For his thesis he explored the legality of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the tension between principles of self-determination and territorial integrity. After graduating, he reported for the Khmer Times in Cambodia on the Khmer Rouge war crime trials. Justin is currently a Senior Associate specialising in public law at Maddocks in Sydney. Justin has also served as Chief-of-Staff to an Assistant Attorney-General of Australia, is a commissioned officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (Specialist Reserve) and an accomplished choral singer. With his Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Justin will study a Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford. Justin aspires to a career at the Bar, advocating for fundamental freedoms, defending the rule of law, and shaping public discourse on the Western tradition.