Avnish Nanda is a litigator who practices law in Alberta and British Columbia. Avnish has appeared in a variety of different legal settings, representing individuals and entities in both simple and complex matters. Avnish is an excellent communicator, accessible, and works efficiently to ensure his clients achieve their objectives both inside and outside of the courtroom.

Avnish specializes in civil, commercial, and public law litigation, and has a burgeoning plaintiffs’ side class actions practice. Avnish acts for individuals, corporations, non-profits, and First Nations’ governments. Avnish has extensive courtroom experience, from conducting trials to prosecuting and defending complex, multi-day motion and application hearings. Avnish appears regularly before the Alberta Court of Appeal, British Columbia Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Canada.

Avnish was drawn to the law out of his interest and involvement in social justice activism, which he has continued through his legal practice. Avnish frequently acts for parties advancing civil liberties, human rights, and Indigenous self-determination. Outside of the law, Avnish serves on a number of non-profit and community boards, and works on a range of social justice and public interest causes.

Avnish is a sessional instructor in constitutional and environmental law at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law, teaching seminars on the scope of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the environmental realm. Avnish is also an avid reader and writer, and has published academic and non-academic articles on a variety of topics.

PUBLICATIONS

Kazemi, Sina and Nanda, Avnish. “Section 2(b) of the Charter and the Regulation of Digital Expression.” Supreme Court Law Review, 2nd Series, Volume 98.

Nanda, Avnish, et al. “It's time to get serious on police reform in Alberta.” Edmonton Journal. June 12, 2020.

Nanda, Avnish. “In Cargill, Alberta Faces A Question Of Morality.” the sprawl. May 6, 2020.

Nanda, Avnish. “It's up to Albertans to Make the Case for a United Canada.” Edmonton Journal. October 26, 2019.

Nanda, Avnish. “All Newcomers were the Real Target of Anti-Mass Immigration Billboards.” Edmonton Journal. August 30, 2019.

Nanda, Avnish, et al. “Canada is for Everyone, Let’s Keep it that Way.” Edmonton Journal. June 29, 2019.

Nanda, Avnish. “White Supremacy has No Place in Alberta.” Edmonton Journal. March 28, 2019.

Nanda, Avnish. “Economy or Equality? Albertans Deserve Both.” the sprawl. March 2020.

Nanda, Avnish. “Theatre's Refusal to Host is also Freedom of Expression.” Edmonton Journal. January 20, 2018.

Nanda, Avnish. “Protect Online Expression by Treating Net like the Press.” Edmonton Journal. April 26, 2017.

Nanda, Avnish. "Litigating Death in Care Cases in Alberta." ABlawg. September 2, 2015.

Nanda, Avnish. "Heavy Oil Processing in Peace River, Alberta: a Case Study on the Scope of Section 7 of the Charter in the Environmental Realm.” Journal for Environmental Law and Practice, Volume 27, Issue 2 (April 2015).

Nanda, Avnish. “Blue Dot Tour: Right Goal, Wrong Focus.” Victoria Times-Colonist. January 9, 2015.

Assaly, Richie, Josan, Sheena and Nanda, Avnish. Reflections on the Komagata Maru (Edmonton: Avnish Nanda, 2014).

Eby, David and Nanda, Avnish. “Canada’s Largest Prison Expansion Since the 1930s.” Perspectives Volume 34, Number 4, September 2012.

Nanda, Avnish. “Empower People to Revive Democracy.” Edmonton Journal. August 30, 2010.

Masiuk, Juliana and Nanda, Avnish. “The Traditional Classroom and the Challenges Associated with Teaching Activist Scholarship: A Student’s Perspective.” Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners (International Studies Association Annual Convention). February 17, 2010.