Jessica Michelin(She/Her)
Associate
Jessica joined IMK in the Fall of 2024.
Previously, Jessica worked as a law clerk for two years at the Court of Appeal of Quebec. She then clerked for the Honourable Justice Mahmud Jamal at the Supreme Court of Canada.
At IMK, Jessica is involved in a variety of civil and commercial matters, with a special interest in administrative, regulatory, and constitutional law. Jessica has appeared before the Court of Québec, the Superior Court, and the Court of Appeal. She has also been involved in cases at the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal.
Additional information
- B.C.L., J.D., McGill University, 2021 (Dean’s Honour List)
- B.A. in Honours Psychology, McGill University, 2017 (First Class Honours, Dean’s Honour List)
- Law Clerk to the Honourable Mahmud Jamal, Supreme Court of Canada, 2023-2024
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeal of Quebec, 2021-2023
- Student Law Clerk to the Honourable Manon Savard, Court of Appeal of Quebec, 2019-2020
- Canadian Bar Association
- The Advocates’ Society
- Young Bar Association of Montreal
- “Facing the Coronavirus in the Canadian Federation: Reinforced Dualism and Muted Cooperation?” in Nico Steyler, ed., Comparative Federalism and Covid-19: Combating the Pandemic (London: Routledge, 2021), co-authored with Johanne Poirier
- “Revisiting the Principle of Rational Voting in Canada’s Changing Electoral Landscape” (2021) 15:2 Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 315
- “The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic: Progress and Challenges for the Hybrid Tribunal” (2020) Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism International Human Rights Internship Working Paper Series Vol. 8
- “Beverley McLachlin by the Numbers” in Marcus Moore & Daniel Jutras, eds., Canada’s Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin’s Legacy of Law and Leadership (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2018) 689; (2018) 87 S.C.L.R. (2d) 397, co-authored with Daniel Jutras