About
My prison profession commenced with a ardour for supporting people in want. After graduating from the University of Ottawa in 1999, I returned to my home province of British Columbia, Canada to article (apprentice) with prison resource. My first posting as a newly minted Barrister & Solicitor changed into on the begin of the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia. Right away, I became thrown into early morning bail hearings, arguing appeals, carrying out family and crook trials, acting in Provincial and Superior Court, coping with a felony resource office and running carefully with First Nations and different network groups to improve get admission to to criminal aid. I accompanied this by means of working for several years because the Coordinating Lawyer of the Pro Bono Legal Project in Malden, MA. Again, I turned into gaining knowledge of at a destroy-neck pace and running intently with extraordinary community groups and the Courts to ensure that my customers now not simplest had a honest shake at prevailing their cases however additionally built a foundation to avoid criminal problems within the future. Working with Community Legal Aid in Worcester as an Elder Law Lawyer rounded out my five plus years in legal aid. I served the Commonwealth for five years as the senior Staff Lawyer at the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct. I investigated and prosecuted allegations of misconduct against state court judges. This proved to offer a unique vantage from which to observe the administration of justice in Massachusetts, as well as an opportunity to work with and examine from the satisfactory attorneys and judges in the country. I nonetheless depend upon capabilities I acquired on the CJC. In 2010 I decided to pay attention my exercise in the area of own family regulation: working directly with clients who are going through own family regulation struggles is the most enjoyable work I’ve accomplished. I decided no longer simply to symbolize my customers as an effective endorse however to learn how to enforce the modern-day war resolution equipment. I trained in mediation and Collaborative Law in both Canada and Massachusetts. › ›
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- Adoption
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