As the first Pakistani woman elected to a four-year term on the Bar Presentation Committee at Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister Zahra S. Vayani will represent Pakistan.
Speaking to media, two days after the election’s results were made public, a jubilant Barrister Vayani clarified that the Lincoln’s Inn Bar Representative Committee was the only category open to candidates from all over the world, including the United Kingdom, who also happened to have attended Lincoln’s Inn to pursue a legal education.
I am a barrister at law from Lincolns Inn, from where the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinah, too, had passed his law exams, she said.
About the elections, she explained that they take place annually for a four-year tenure. This time it was unprecedented as 19 people, including men and women, from all over the world ran in the same category where some six were to be elected this time and over 1,300 voted for their candidates online, she said.
Attorney Vayani presently works in Pakistan. Zahra S. Vayani & Associates is the name of the legal practise she owns and manages. Her professional areas include, but are not limited to, criminal, banking, intellectual property, employment, family, and property law.
She is a steadfast supporter of the progress of women in the legal profession and serves as the CEO and founding member of the Women Lawyers Association. She thinks she can bring valuable skills and experience to the Bar Presentation Committee and wants to start a discussion about how international laws compare, climate change, the gender gap at the bar and the bench, as well as issues foreign students face with admissions, scholarships, and the Bar Transfer Test.
The six chosen candidates’ terms will run from January 2023 to December 2026.