E. shailaja@savards.ca
T. 416.789.7843 x 109
shailaja nadarajah
Shailaja is an associate at Savards LLP. She practices criminal law at the trial and appellate levels. Shailaja uses her role as a lawyer to advocate for victims of state oppression and marginalized individuals.
Shailaja obtained her law degree at Queen’s University, Faculty of Law, where she obtained several awards including the Bronze and Silver Scholar awards. During law school, Shailaja worked for a prison and immigration lawyer, helped low-income individuals navigating the family justice system at the Queen’s Family Law Clinic, and competed in the Gale Cup Moot, a criminal appellate moot, for which she was awarded the top oralist prize in the final round by three justices of the Supreme Court of Canada. Shailaja completed her undergraduate degree in life sciences at McMaster University.
Before joining Savards LLP, Shailaja clerked at the British Columbia Court of Appeal and summered and articled at a national full-service firm.
Shailaja is a member of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, the Women in Canadian Criminal Defence organization, the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto and the Tamil Bar Association.