Jan Devriendt, Associate
I am proficient in public law, with in-depth expertise in human rights and non-discrimination law. Some niche areas, such as education law or sports law, are also among my interests.
After obtaining my Master of Laws degree at KU Leuven (magna cum laude), I followed the European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice (Italy) and Uppsala (Sweden). My areas of expertise are human rights and national and international public law, with a particular interest in education law, anti-discrimination law and sports law.
EXPERIENCE
2020 - Trainee at the Central Supervisory Council for the Prison System
2022-2023 - Student assistant at the KU Leuven Institute of European Law
2023 - Participation in national moot court constitutional law
2023 - Master's thesis on the right to education for persons with disabilities
2024 – J. DEVRIENDT, “De slak eindelijk op de juiste weg? De progressieve realisatie van het recht op inclusief onderwijs in Vlaanderen”, Leuven Blog For Public Law, 27 June 2024, https://www.leuvenpubliclaw.com/de-slak-eindelijk-op-de-juiste-weg-de-progressieve-realisatie-van-het-recht-op-inclusief-onderwijs-in-vlaanderen/
2024 - Master's thesis on racism in Belgian football
2024 - Participation in Max Planck conference (Germany) on discrimination law in Europe with the article ‘Designing the playbook to defeat racism - A comparison of the different anti-racism speech provisions in codes of European football associations’