A leading North American Muslim lawyer, academic and public intellectual, Faisal Kutty is outspoken on issues of human rights, Islamic thought, religion and law, and national security. He is an associate professor at Southwestern Law School, an affiliate faculty member at Rutgers University Center for Security, Race and Rights, and counsel to a respected Toronto law firm with an international client base. He co-founded the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association and served as its first legal counsel and previously served as the vice chair and legal counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations (now renamed the National Council of Canadian Muslims). He is a frequent keynote speaker, widely quoted commentator, and he has written hundreds of op-eds, academic articles, papers, reviews and essays on a wide range of topics.