Zawar Ahmed joined the Innocence Project in 2024 as a Strategic Litigation paralegal. He assists the department’s attorneys in issues related to eyewitness misidentification and coercive police interrogation. Before joining the Innocence Project, Zawar worked as a litigation paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where his pro bono work focused on racial justice, law enforcement misconduct, and immigrant advocacy. He is a graduate of Yale University. In his free time, Zawar loves to make oil paintings and read books on the subway.