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Meet Zahra Vaid

Appeals Lawyer
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Professional Highlights

In her free time, Zahra enjoys knitting, writing fiction, spending time with her nieces and nephews, and discovering local cafes.

  • Associate Lawyer, Lerners LLP (2021)
  • Articling Student, Lerners LLP (2020-2021)
  • Summer Student, Human Rights Legal Support Centre (2019)

  • Janet Lambert Book Prize in Equity Studies (2016)
  • The City of Toronto Women's Studies Undergraduate Award (2015)
  • Dean’s International Initiatives Fund Recipient (2015)
  • Scholars Award, University of Toronto (2012)

  • Author, Ontario Accident Benefits Case Summaries, LexisNexis (2022)
  • Co-Author, Top Five Case Briefs Project, Ontario Justice Education Network (2018-2019)
  • Call it what it is – Islamophobia: Erasure, Consciousness, and Resistance, IDERD Conference, University of Toronto (2017)

  • Volunteer, Legal Services Coordination Pilot Program, Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
  • Vice President, Osgoode Peer Support Centre, Osgoode Hall Law School (2019-2020)
  • Co-Director of External Communications, Osgoode Women’s Network (OWN), Osgoode Hall Law School (2019-2020)
  • Junior Caseworker, Immigration Law Division, Community Legal Aid Services Programme, Osgoode Hall Law School (2017-2018)
  • Counsellor, 315NISA: Muslim Women's Helpline (2015-2017)

  • Member, Mentorship Committee, Women’s Law Association of Ontario
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association
  • South Asian Bar Association of Toronto
  • Group of Racialized Ontario Women Litigators (GROWL)

  • Admitted to the Ontario Bar (2021)
  • J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School (2020)
  • Anti-Discrimination Intensive Program, Osgoode Hall Law School (2018-2019)
  • B.A. (Hons), Equity Studies and Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto (2016)
  • Indigenous Resurgence & Sustainable Development Research Program, Center for Engaged Learning Abroad, Belize (2015)

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