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Saba Ahmed is a 24yr old Pakistani-American law student at Lewis & Clark Law School. She completed high school equivalency (O-levels) from The City School in Rawalpindi, Pakistan at age 15. She graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics at age 19. Saba has been working at Intel Corporation for several years in various different engineering and management positions. She also holds her Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. She will be completing her Juris Doctorate law degree with a focus on International Business and Intellectual Property Law this year (2009) from Lewis & Clark Law School.

Saba recently took part in the National Lawyers Guild delegation to Pakistan, where she interviewed several lawyers, judges, civil society members and political party members. She has since been speaking at various events in Oregon and Washington about her trip and has been featured in the Oregonian, NPR News, and other radio stations and magazines. She has a unique American and Pakistani perspective because she has lived in both countries and sees the good and the bad of both sides in terms of education, values, human rights, economy, inflation, healthcare, etc. After law school, Saba hopes to focus on her patent law practice along with bringing about change in the U.S. Foreign policies towards Pakistan and the Middle East. Saba has also worked at the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Governor Kulongoski, Congressman Earl Blumenaur, Stoel Rives law firm, Digimarc Corporation and Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman law firm.