Zohra Safi

Zohra Safi works across the fields of international humanitarian law, refugee and immigration law, and human rights. She brings deep expertise and a nuanced understanding of complex legal frameworks to her work, combined with a strong client-focused approach. Guided by the belief that every case matters, Zohra approaches each file with care, precision, and strategic insight, working diligently to achieve the best possible outcomes for her clients.

Zohra Safi has successfully represented clients before the Federal Court of Canada, Social Justice Tribunals of Ontario, and various divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board. She previously worked at a respected boutique law firm in Toronto where her practice encompassed a mixture of corporate immigration, protected persons litigation, and judicial reviews arising out of inadmissibility on grounds of serious criminality, misrepresentation, and war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Zohra completed her Articles of Clerkship with Legal Aid Ontario in social justice areas of criminal law, family law, refugee law, and landlord and tenant law. She holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law (Canada), and a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College (United States). Zohra has also studied International Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Washington D.C. Program of the American University (United States).

Zohra is deeply committed to advancing equal access to justice, with a particular focus on the rights of refugees and vulnerable children and youth. Zohra is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario.