Leah West Sherriff 

Anti-Terrorism Fellow 
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

Biography

Leah West Sherriff is Counsel with the National Security Advisory and Litigation Group of the Department of Justice. Her work predominantly involves litigation around the protection of national security information. She is also a member of the team responsible for drafting and implementing Bill C-59 “An Act respecting national security matters”. Before joining DOJ, Leah was involved in advocacy work related to human trafficking, security certificates, lawful access and the reform of Bill C-51. She also worked for a  private intelligence firm in Virginia consulting on business development in the area of spectator sports security. Leah is proud to have served as an Armoured Officer in the Canadian Army for ten years with whom she deployed to Afghanistan as the junior operations officer in 2010. While overseas Leah was involved in the targeting process on a daily basis, and also worked closely with Special Forces from various allied countries during the planning of operations in Kandahar.  Leah is a graduate of the Royal Military College, U of T Law, and  holds an MA in Intelligence Studies. She is currently the Antiterrorism Law Fellow at the University of Ottawa where she is completing her LLM with a concentration in International Humanitarian and Security Law.