About Shira
Shira Brass completed her Juris Doctor at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law in 2015 and was called to the bar in June 2016. During law school she interned with Legal Aid Nova Scotia's criminal law division, took part in the Judge's Weekly Clerkship Program at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and founded the Business Law Association of Dalhousie. Before law school she worked on Parliament Hill as a Parliamentary Assistant, and she earned her undergraduate degree with honours from Queen's University in Sociology with a focus on criminology. Shira has conducted trials and motions in Superior and Provincial Court, and has spoken at the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa conference and to the Youth Services Bureau and secondary school students. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Tamir Foundation and the Board of the Bora Laskin Law Society, and volunteers with disadvantaged youth through the KidsSport Running and Reading Program and the Ethiopian National Project.
Practice areas
Education & credentials
- Law school
- Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law
- Undergraduate
- Queen's University, Sociology (Honours)
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