Sana Shahzad

Sana Shahzad (she/her/hers) received her J.D from Columbia Law School. Before law school, Sana served as president of a non-profit where she led social mobility and advocacy efforts to promote transgender rights, menstrual hygiene, and access to quality education for children from low-income backgrounds. During her time in law school, Sana researched internment provisions in international treaties and the legality of detention centers such as Guantanamo Bay. In her 2L year, Sana participated in the Capital Post-Conviction Practicum in conjunction with Phillips Black during which she assisted on a federal death-penalty case being prepared for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. Sana spent her 3L year participating in a year-long Human Rights Clinic during which she advanced goals related to achieving just and lasting peace in Kashmir and the Right to Higher Education. She further served as a Max Berger Public Interest Fellow, Salzburg Cutler Fellow and Anti-Trafficking Fellow during her time in Law School. Sana received her Bachelor in Laws ( LLB) from the London School of Economics during which she organized the Law Society’s first Legal Aid Conference, which attracted human rights advocates from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.