Sahar F. Aziz

Sahar F. Aziz is principal of the Law Office of Sahar Aziz

Practice

Ms. Aziz’s practice focuses on immigration, employment, and civil rights matters.  Ms. Aziz also advises nonprofit organizations in developing effective strategies and programs to achieve their institutional objectives.    She is an Associate Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law where she teaches national security, civil rights, and race and the law. Ms. Aziz also serves on the board of directors of the Egyptian American Rule of Law Association where she focuses on strengthening freedom of information laws, elections laws, and other key laws integral to promoting rule of law in Egypt.

Ms. Aziz served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where she worked on public policy at the intersection of national security and civil rights.  She led various roundtables between government officials and community groups to foster constructive dialogue and mutual trust among stakeholders.

Prior to joining the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Ms. Aziz was an Associate at Cohen Milstein Sellers and Toll PLLP where she litigated class action civil rights lawsuits alleging a nationwide pattern and practice of gender discrimination in pay and promotion.  On a pro bono basis, she secured asylum for a female Afghan civil rights activist.  Ms. Aziz started her career as an Associate at WilmerHale where she conducted an independent human rights investigation on the use of child camel jockeys in the Middle East. Ms. Aziz clerked for the Honorable Andre M. Davis on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Ms. Aziz has published numerous online commentaries on issues at the intersection of national security and civil rights on CNN.com,the Houston Chronicle, the Huffington Post, JURIST.com, altmuslim, the Atlantic Council, Foreign Policy, the American Constitution Society, and Truthout. She has also been featured on C-SPAN and Al-Arabiya. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the ACLU of Texas. She can be followed on twitter @saharazizlaw

Publications

From the Oppressed to the Terrorist: American Muslim Women Caught in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality, Hastings Race and Poverty Law Review (Spring 2012)

Caught in a Preventive Paradigm: Selective Counterterrorism Enforcement Post-9/11, Gonzaga Law Review (Spring 2012)

Sticks and Stones, Words That Hurt: Entrenched Stereotypes Eight Years After 9/11, New York City Law Review (Winter 2009)

The Laws on Providing Material Support to Terrorist Organizations: The Erosion of Constitutional Rights or a Legitimate Tool for Combating Terrorism? – Texas Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (Fall 2003)

Linking Intellectual Property Rights With Research and Development, Technology Transfer, and Foreign Investment: A Case Study of Egypt's Pharmaceutical Industry - ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law (Winter 2003).