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Laura Monica Chaves Paz is an internationally trained lawyer with expertise in immigration law, labour law, human rights, business law, and international law. She has over a decade of experience in litigation, legal research, policy, and consulting for clients and organizations in Canada and abroad; including the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Central America, Asia, and Africa. Chaves Paz has experience working with clients from different legal systems. This includes drafting legal norms for the legislative branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina, working with governments and NGOs to create new criminal laws on human trafficking in Latin America, advising clients on labour issues in Argentina and Canada, and advising governments and business on how to comply with ethical and international norms. She has law degrees from McGill University, American University in Washington D.C., and Catholic University in Buenos Aires, and is a member of the Canadian, Ontario and Buenos Aires Bar Associations. Chaves Paz has been appointed as a Board Director of the Canadian Hispanic Bar Association. She is also a lawyer with Flex Legal Network, a network of experienced freelance lawyers providing quality outsourced legal services to sole practitioners, law firms, and in-house legal departments.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
Scholarship American University 2005 | Professional
Rule of Law
Peace Fellow, Public International law and Policy Group US | Professional
2005-2006, American University, Washington DC
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Additional Titles and Affiliations
Flex Legal Network
Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Hispanic Bar Association
Canada's Hispanic & Latin American legal community.