Shafeen Pittal
National Security Defense Criminal Defense Staff Attorney
Shafeen Pittal joins MLFA as a Staff Attorney in the National Security Criminal Defense Center. She recently completed a federal clerkship for Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois. Shafeen graduated from Stanford Law School in 2024 where she received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service, the Rhode Public Interest Award, and the Justice Stevens fellowship. During law school, she was a member of the Stanford Law Review, served as a research assistant, and founded and led multiple projects, seminars, and student groups primarily focused on human rights advocacy. She also worked with the Stanford Religious Liberty Clinic, the ACLU National, and Reprieve. Before law school, she worked at Apple as an engineering program manager. She’s passionate about using the law as a form of seeking justice for communities pushed into lawless zones and is grateful to be a part of MLFA in this effort.
