Shaaista Sarki has been an intrinsic part of the legal education industry since 2001. She is the Dean, Faculty of Law at Ziauddin University, Karachi. Under Shaaista’s term, the guiding philosophy behind the Ziauddin Faculty of Law has been to ensure the democratization of legal education by way of access to education by ensuring not only affordability, but to quality education. They ensure effective teaching coupled with insight into the practical realities of the industry. Their unique pedagogy and highly qualified faculty ensures that students not only learn academic and practical legal skills, but their soft skills are also developed via courses which are not mandated by the regulator but are offered. This includes : Public Speaking, Meditation and Mindfulness, Philosophy of Perception (phenomenology), to name a few.