Layali Awwad - Refugee, Immigration & Human Rights Lawyer.

Layali AwwadB.A., J.D.

Associate (she/her)

Tel: +1-647-557-0924 | Email: [email protected]

Layali Awwad is an associate lawyer at Landings LLP.

Prior to her role at Landings LLP, Layali clerked at the Federal Court and articled at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. During law school, Layali worked in immigration and refugee law at the Community Legal Services of Ottawa’s Immigration Division and at another leading immigration law firm where she conducted legal research and drafted submissions. Layali also gained previous experience at the Department of Justice’s Public Safety, Defence and Immigration Portfolio in the Legal Services Unit of the Canada Border Services Agency.

Layali is called to the bars of Ontario and Alberta and is proficient in English and Arabic.

Education

  • University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, J.D.
  • Kenyon College, B.A. (International Studies)

Select Experience

  • Judicial Law Clerk at the Federal Court of Canada
  • Caseworker at the Community Legal Services of Ottawa
  • Editor at the Canadian Journal for Women and the Law
  • Legal Studies Researcher in the Johns W. Adams Program in Socio-Legal Studies
  • Legal Writing Academy Leader at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

Awards & Distinctions

  • Dean’s Honour List at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, J.D.
  • WTO John H. Jackson Moot Award
  • Jonh W. Adams Summar Scholar in Socio-Legal Studies Award