Zaida gained hands-on real estate and labor & employment experience as a summer associate with Barnes & Thornburg. She furthered her real estate knowledge as a school-year law clerk with the firm, supporting commercial transactions through contract review, due diligence, and legal research. She also gained perspective from the bench as: a judicial extern to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; a summer law clerk to the Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District; and a judicial intern to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.