Jaya Scott

Biography description

Jaya graduated with her Juris Doctor from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia in 2025. During law school, Jaya was a research assistant to Professor Liora Lazarus, a Peer Tutor, and an assistant editor on the UBC Law Review. During the 2023-2024 school year, Jaya was an oralist on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team which advanced to the International Competition Round of 32, and a clinician at the Allard International Justice and Human Rights Clinic.

In the spring of 2025, Jaya served as co-chair of the peace and security negotiations during the Youth7 dialogue, one of the official engagement groups to the G7 Canadian presidency. Jaya previously represented Canada as a youth delegate to the Youth7 and the German G7 presidency in 2022.

Prior to law school, Jaya graduated with distinction and as gold medalist of the Honours Specialization in International Relations BA(H) program at the University of Western Ontario. She also earned a Master of Science with distinction in Environmental Protection and Management from the University of Edinburgh.

Away from her desk, Jaya enjoys dancing (she loves both Bharatanatyum and Ballet), reading fantasy and sci-fi novels, and walking along beaches, through forests, and up mountains.