Raji Mangat Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Canada Area

Vancouver, Canada Area

As the Director of Litigation, I oversee the growth, management and strategic direction of the litigation department at a gender equality non-profit legal organization. I am responsible for recruiting, supervising, and mentoring students and volunteers. As part of my work, I foster and maintain relationships with community organizations across Canada, with pro bono counsel, legal advocates, funders, and other stakeholders. I also serve as in-house counsel and am responsible for conducting all… Show more As the Director of Litigation, I oversee the growth, management and strategic direction of the litigation department at a gender equality non-profit legal organization. I am responsible for recruiting, supervising, and mentoring students and volunteers. As part of my work, I foster and maintain relationships with community organizations across Canada, with pro bono counsel, legal advocates, funders, and other stakeholders. I also serve as in-house counsel and am responsible for conducting all aspects of litigation on behalf of the organization. Show less

Vancouver, British Columbia

Legal research and advocacy consultancy practice providing Canadian and international non-profit and law firm clients with legal research, drafting and advocacy support, including developing case strategy, project management and grant-writing

Victoria, British Columbia

Sessional instructor responsible for teaching and developing curriculum for upper-year law courses; Current course offering: Law 359 Civil Liberties and the Charter (offered in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)

Vancouver, Canada Area

Co-instructor of legal clinic course offered by Rise Women's Legal Centre in partnership with the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, responsible for the seminar component of the course

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

Litigated matters relating to the protection of civil liberties and human rights across Canada; served as in-house and instructing counsel on interventions before the Supreme Court of Canada and appellate courts in British Columbia and Ontario; policy portfolio included matters related to the correctional and criminal justice systems, electoral reform and civil forfeiture.

London, United Kingdom

Provided international law research and writing support to five regional legal advisory sections of the Legal Advice Branch, and to advocacy campaigns across the organization

The Hague, Netherlands

New York, New York

Ottawa, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Activities and Societies: Jessup Cup Moot Court, Dean's Women's Advisory Committee, Law Students Society (Secretary, Third Year.

M.A., International Affairs (Development Studies)

Master's Thesis: Representation and Resistance: Women and the Partition of India (1999). Honours: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Shastri.

B.A., Political Science / International Relations

Honours: Dean's List, Carolyn Atwell Memorial Prize, United Nations Prize, UBC President's Scholarship