AYZA KHAWAJA

Mississauga, ON L*L *K* •437-***-****•ad4dq6@r.postjobfree.com

Position for Paralegal Candidate

Summary of Skills

Four-week field placement at Kotak Personal Injury Law

Graduate of the Paralegal –Diploma Program at Sheridan College

Competent in applying and understanding tort, accident benefits and personal injury law as well as identifying, closely analyzing details and relevancy of legal facts

Skilled in conducting research and drafting precise, accurate and brief legal memoranda and other legal pleadings

Exceptional skill level in team-oriented circumstances and excels in independently assigned duties

Experienced in Stata, SPSS Statistics, EViews, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Multilingual; excellent command of Urdu

Paralegal–Diploma

Education

Sheridan College, Brampton, ON January2021– May 2022

Relevant Competencies:

Possessing an impeccable understanding of the basic elements of torts and contracts, accident benefits and personal injury law such as: elements and defences of intentional and unintentional torts, various options of remedies for injured parties, identification of consumer protection problems, application of administrative principles, functioning of various administrative tribunals

Aware of proceedings in Small Claims Court, Workplace Safety, and Insurance Board and, Ontario Disability Support Program as well as relevant evidence-based/procedural rules which apply to them

Competent in conducting research and drafting brief, precise and accurate legal memoranda

Relevant Project Work:

Mock Settlement Conference

Project Challenge: I was required to represent a Defendant in a settlement conference before a Small Claims Court judge. I had to apply the Small Claims Court rules for the purposes of the conference and be familiar with the legal issues, evidence and offer to settle as per my client’s interest.

Action Steps: In the opening statement I provided a brief overview of my theory of

The case, the legal issues involved and the desired outcome

Evidence and witnesses in relation to the legal issues were also presented

Sensible counterarguments and counteroffers were made by me.

Accurate and relevant Small Claims documents were submitted by me

Results: My professionalism, substantial efforts and incredible team cooperation led me to receive an exceptional grade and the judge passing judgment in my favour.

Post-degree Online Courses–Bachelor Level Courses

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON September2017 –April2018

Relevant courses:

Introduction to Human Rights Medical Ethics

Work Experience

Placement Student

Kotak Personal Injury Law, Mississauga, ON May 2nd 2022 – May 27th 2022

Effectively summarized medical records of clients to create file summaries to aid lawyers during legal proceedings

Program Officer

Shirkat Gah – Women's Resource Centre, Lahore, Punjab May 2023 – October 2023

●Collaborated with the director and officers in arranging events resulting in increased team bonding and exceptional projects delivered by the organization

●Independently managed a variety of demanding administrative tasks in fixed time duration; kept track of participant attendance, feedback, and sessions resulting in efficiently run projects, more passionate cooperation of participants

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