Fathima Cader is a writer and was a public interest attorney. She has taught at the City University of New York, Osgoode Hall Law School, and the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law. She holds a Marlee G. Kline Essay Award from the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law for her essay on R vs NS, the first Supreme Court of Canada case to decide if Muslim women should be allowed to wear veils when giving courtroom testimony.