A Northern Lawyer

Authors

  • Jessi Casebeer Yellowknife

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22584/nr50.2020.008

Keywords:

Northern Law, Northern Lawyer, Legal Practice, Northwest Territories Law

Abstract

(From Introducation)
I am currently a settler lawyer practising at a small private firm in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories—Chief Drygeese Territory, traditional home of the Weledeh Yellowknives Dene and North Slave Métis. Currently my practice varies widely and includes a busy criminal law practice. About a year ago I returned to Yellowknife after articling and being called to the bar in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and, more importantly, living there for three years. I had left my job as a Crown prosecutor in Nunavut in part because as I was raised in Yellowknife, and have friends and family here, I felt that it was approaching time to return home, to my own northern community. ...
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Author Biography

Jessi Casebeer, Yellowknife

... Lawyer, Dragon Toner Law Office, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

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Published

04/07/2020

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