Editing Mobina Jaffer

{{AAType
|import ref=ImportFromWikipedia
|Arts=Officeholder
|Type=Person
}}
'''Mobina S. B. Jaffer''', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Counsel QC] (born August 20, 1949 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampala Kampala], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Uganda]) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Senate Canadian Senator] representing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia British Columbia]. She is the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia South Asia]n  woman appointed to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_House Upper House]. 

Born to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]n family living in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa Africa], Jaffer was educated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England England] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canada]. She earned a law degree from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London University of London] in 1972 and attended the Executive Development program at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University Simon Fraser University]. She lives in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver,_British_Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia]. 
 
In 2002, she was appointed the Special Envoy to the Peace Process in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan Sudan] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Canada Government of Canada].  The same year, she was Chair of the Canadian Committee on Women Peace & Security.

Jaffer has served as a Vice-President of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada Liberal Party of Canada] from 1994 to 1998 and as President of the National Women's Liberal Commission from 1998 to 2003. She also served on the board of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_International Liberal International] in 1996. Jaffer ran unsuccessfully in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1993 1993 general election] as the Liberal candidate in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vancouver North Vancouver], and again in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1997 1997 election] as the party's candidate in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnaby--Douglas Burnaby--Douglas].

Jaffer has practised law in British Columbia since 1978. She was appointed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Counsel Queen's Counsel] in 1998. Since 1997, Jaffer has been vice-chair of the Canadian membership committee for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Trial_Lawyers_of_America Association of Trial Lawyers of America] and, since 1993, a member of the board of governors of the Trial Lawyers of British Columbia.  She has also been active with the Immigrant and Refugee Board. 

She was appointed to the Canadian Senate on June 13, 2001, on the advice of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada Prime Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chrétien Jean Chrétien]. She sits as a Liberal. 

The Vancouver Sun reported on January 22, 2008 that the B.C. Law Society was investigating allegations of overbilling by Jaffer and her son for allegedly charging a Catholic missionary order, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, fees of $6.7 million for work they did between 2000 and 2004 defending the Oblates against abuse claims made by former residents of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system Canadian Indian residential school system]. Allegations included evidence that Ms. Jaffer's son had billed 32.4 hours of work in a single day. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/01/21/jaffer-investigation.html]. In 2009 the Law Society of British Columbia's Discipline Subcommittee ordered Jaffer and her son to appear before separate conduct review subcommittee panels. At its regular meeting in March 2010 the Discipline Subcommittee agreed with the recommendations of those panels that no further action should be taken. [http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/media/news/10-04-27_jaffer.html][broken link]

{{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobina Jaffer}}