Siven Watt

Siven Watt (LinkedIn – X) is a Legal Fellow at Just Security based at NYU School of Law, where he focuses on U.S. accountability, democracy, and rule-of-law work. A barrister of England and Wales (Gray’s Inn), he leads and is a principal drafter of The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation, and supports the Trump Administration Litigation Tracker. His prior Just Security work includes leading and drafting the American Autocracy Threat Tracker, the Trump Trials Clearinghouse, and the Trump Master Calendar, and serving as project director and a principal drafter of the Mar-a-Lago Model Prosecution Memo. He previously worked as an Associate Editor producing the Early Edition on U.S. national security, democracy, and rights.

He holds a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and History and a graduate law degree (LL.B.). He received full-fee scholarships for Bar training, including Gray’s Inn’s top award, the Prince of Wales Scholarship, and BPP University’s Chancellor’s Award (full fees). He received the Lord Blunkett Widening Access Award to pursue LL.M. studies in International Human Rights. His experience spans U.K.- and U.S.-focused rule-of-law, accountability, and human rights work, including strategic research and advisory support on U.S. democracy and election-integrity matters; senior fellowship work at a leading U.K. human rights organization (JUSTICE); and collaboration with senior international counsel on accountability efforts across public inquiries, litigation, and engagement with human rights mechanisms.