"DECRYPTION"

Vanessa Henri is a PhD candidate at McGill University’s Law Faculty.

 

Her doctoral researches are concerned with cyber-espionage and organizational privacy in international law. She has expertise in criminal law as well as in privacy. She currently co-chairs an international conference titled Legal Challenges in Cyberspace, which is held in collaboration with the prestigious Max Cohen international law doctoral seminar (see events section).

 

She acted as an external privacy consultant for a private firm and also occupied the title of Director of Business Development at SJP Attorneys. Before being promoted to this direction role, she was hired as a research associate. She recently resigned from her role within this firm to focus on her academic interests and is looking for opportunities related to privacy. She intends on taking the CIPP/CA accreditation for the right employer as well.

 

Vanessa published her Master thesis under the title Duty of Allegiance: The legitimacy of Disloyalty as a Rationale for Treason Law in the Social Contract Paradigm (Lambert Publishing, 2015).

 

She obtained her LL.B from the University of Québec in Montréal. During her bachelor, she participated in numerous projects including the judicial clinic, the Project Innocence and the Gale Cup. At this latter event, she was awarded the Brian Dickson medal by the American College of Trial Lawyers for Best Advocacy in Preliminary Rounds. She was also rewarded by the Montreal Bar Association for her implication in the Project Innocence.

 

She is currently funded by the Quebec Bar Association to conduct researches regarding the application of legal standards in the Dark Web considering encryption technologies.