She teaches criminal law, family law, and multicultural rights. She was called to the bar of Ontario in 2003 and then served as a law clerk to Justice Louise Arbour at the Supreme Court of Canada. She holds an LL.M from New York University School of Law, where she attended as a Global Hauser scholar. Professor Bakht’s research interests are generally in the area of law, culture and minority rights, and specifically in the intersecting area of religious freedom and women’s equality. She has written extensively on the issue of religious arbitration in family law. A regular researcher with the National Judicial Institute where she has assists in judicial education on sentencing, demeanour, evidence, and matters of faith and culture. Professor Bakht is also a member of the Law Program Committee of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).