Law Hour with Shelly Martin, Mi'kmaw Lawyer from Millbrook First Nation
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and to mark the beginning of Mi鈥檏maw History month, AV俱乐部 Law Hour, in collaboration with the AV俱乐部 Indigenous Law Students鈥� Association, is pleased to invite you to a talk by (LLB '06), a Mi鈥檏maw lawyer and alumna of the Schulich School of Law.
AV俱乐部 the Speaker:
Martin is a Mi鈥檏maw lawyer and a member of Millbrook First Nation. Her family roots run deeply through Mi鈥檏ma鈥檏i: her mother, Gayda, lived on the Cole Harbour Reserve alongside Martin's grandparents, Pat and Lila Phillips, and great-grandparents, Charlie and Maggie Phillips (aka: the famous 鈥淎unt Meg鈥� who had a reputation for quiet, persistent advocacy on treaty rights.)
Martin first studied broadcast journalism and completed both an undergraduate degree and a Master of Arts in History. She then graduating in 2006 from AV俱乐部 Law School with her LLB when her son James was only six weeks old.
Martin spent over a decade as legal counsel for Millbrook First Nation, though she is most proud of her work in negotiating a historic land claim for which a key piece of evidence was a letter written by her great-grandmother. Her work spans both grassroots advocacy and high-level policy. She co-chairs the Tripartite Justice Committee, has vetted judicial candidates for Nova Scotia鈥檚 superior courts, and serves on the Chief鈥檚 Committee on Justice and the National Chief鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Commission at the Assembly of First Nations.
Passionate about culture and community, she also serves on the Curatorial Advisory Board for the Mi鈥檏mawey Debert Cultural Centre and the Board of the Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation.
Categories
Faculty Interest, Student Interest
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Location
Weldon Law Building, Room W105
6061 University Ave.
Additional Information
Pizza will be provided.