Zak is completing his JD at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, where he has developed a strong interest in advocacy and legal analysis. He has volunteered with Pro Bono Students Canada, where he researched professional regulation for the Law Society of Ontario, and with the Investor Protection Program, helping develop a public legal education program. Zak serves on the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review and is currently a Senior Associate Editor.

Zak has further developed his advocacy experience through mooting, participating in both the Hicks Morley Labour & Employment Moot and the Upper Year Contract Law Moot at the University of Toronto.

Prior to law school, Zak earned his Honours Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Brock University. His undergraduate thesis research on memory reconsolidation led to a co-authored publication in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. He also earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Waterloo, graduating first in his program.