The Law Foundation of Ontario created the Public Interest Articling Fellowship to help respond to the public’s need for legal assistance and to help give law students valuable experience in public interest law. The Foundation makes a substantial contribution to public interest law in Ontario through this program as many organizations simply do not have enough funding to host articling students. Meet our current Public Interest Articling Fellowship participants:
Elaheh Sajadi (she/her)
Law school: Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University
PIAF placement: Amnesty International
Farwa Jafri
Law school: Osgoode Hall Law School
PIAF placement: Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
Angie (Darshanie) Budhwa (she/her)
Law school: University of Windsor
PIAF placement: Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
Alicia Sanchez
Law school: University of Windsor
PIAF placement: Innocence Canada
Jerry Wu (he/him)
Law school: Osgoode Hall Law School
PIAF placement: John Howard Society of Canada
Imani Theodore (she/her)
Law school: Osgoode Hall Law School
PIAF placement: Peacebuilders Canada
Aya Alshahwany
Law school: University of Ottawa
PIAF placement: Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Nicole Jowett (she/her)
Law school: McGill University
PIAF placement: Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
