Jilani is often invited to speak at various events pertaining to human rights. On 17 September 2009, she delivered the 2009 Hal Wootten Lecture, at the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales. On 25 November, she was invited as guest lecturer at McGill University's Faculty of Law, the McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism, on the topic of ""The Promise of International Law for Civilian Victims of War: The Goldstone Report"". On 27 November 2009 Jilani was invited as a speaker at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada on ""Law vs. Power: Who Rules? Who Makes the Rules?"".