Languages: English, French
Quebec Bar — 2021
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. She obtained her civil and common law degrees from McGill University.
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
“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
Jessica Michelin joins IMK (2024-11-19)