Learn about Sara Malkani's background, experience, and the principles that drive our practice

Sara Malkani is an advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan with over 13 years of experience practicing law. She is a keen litigator with a track record of creative and persistent representation of clients. She has extensive experience in criminal litigation, family law, labor and employment law, constitutional litigation and international human rights law. In 2024, she was appointed to serve as Assistant Attorney General.

Sara has a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor and a B.A. with high honours from Princeton University, where her thesis was awarded the Class of 1869 Prize in Ethics.

As a legal adviser to the international organization, Center for Reproductive Rights, she has engaged in advocacy before United Nations treaty bodies and special procedures. She has worked in leading law firms in Pakistan, including Kabraji & Talibuddin and MCA Law Associates.  Prior to her work in Pakistan, Sara practiced labor and employment law in Los Angeles, California, where she represented teacher and port worker unions in litigation and arbitration proceedings. 

Sara actively pursues human rights cases and has an extensive pro bono practice. The Sindh High Court has appointed her as amicus curiae in a number of matters involving implementation of laws for the protection of women and children. Her analysis and commentary have appeared in leading newspapers and periodicals including Dawn and The News, and she has also published in academic journals, including the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society and Contemporary South Asia. 

Sara has led numerous trainings and workshops for non-government organisations and universities, including for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Legal Aid Society and Lahore University of Management Sciences. She is a co-founder and Chairperson of the Women Lawyers’ Association, an organization that works to promote gender equality and continuing legal education in the legal profession.