Allison is a Legal Advisor at the Global Justice Center. Committed to advancing gender justice, her experience includes research and advocacy both within and outside of the UN system. While in law school, she supported the research of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and contributed to efforts to advance accountability for war crimes and human rights abuses in Yemen before the UN Human Rights Council. Additionally, she has interned with a women and victim-led NGO in The Gambia, where she worked to ensure women’s participation in The Gambia’s transitional justice processes.

Allison holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale-NUS College in Singapore and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, with a certificate of recognition from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. She has previously served as the Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Gender & Law