Travel and Learning Award for Luke Elborough
Supporting Luke Elborough at the Center for Appellate Litigation in New York City, working with their lawyers on successful strategies to challenge wrongful convictions.
Borrin Foundation Travel and Learning Award
Luke’s plan
Luke will use this award to support his work at the Center for Appellate Litigation (CAL) in New York City, a firm dedicated to providing high-quality legal representation in the appellate courts and post-conviction litigation. In particular, he will work with the Justice First Special Project to investigate and overturn wrongful convictions, assisting with their collaborative approach which has resulted in numerous successes. Luke will bring his experience and expertise to litigating these cases in U.S. courts and learn new strategies and approaches that will be of value to New Zealand.
About Luke
Luke Elborough holds an LLB (with Honours) and BA from the University of Auckland and a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Luke was a judicial clerk at the High Court of New Zealand before working as a trial and appellate litigator for a number of years, first as a public defender and then as a barrister, where he gained recognition for his particular expertise in appellate litigation. In New York Luke supported the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers in preparing thematic reports on contemporary international legal issues and individual claims of human rights violations such as arbitrary detention and unfair trials. He was also a Research Assistant at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, analysing specific impacts of climate change on international human rights. Luke received the NYU LLM Public Interest Fellowship, working on policing and public safety that is rights-consistent, focusing on strategic civil litigation and regulation of surveillance technologies and artificial intelligence.
Grant Amount
$9,984 in 2025 to support travel
“I’m truly honoured to receive this award and look forward to developing strategies and initiatives that advance fairness and justice in appellate litigation.”