Willow Fiddler
APTN National News
It’s been three years since Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law opened its doors in Thunder Bay.
The program is unique, as it’s headed by the first Indigenous female dean in Canada. It’s also one of the first universities to introduce mandatory Indigenous law into its curriculum.
Now, the school is celebrating its first class of graduates.
With their bar exams fast-approaching, students received a word of encouragement from Senator Murray Sinclair, reminding them of their responsibilities as Indigenous people in law.
“You need to know how to take all of those teachings of our people, from the laws of our people, and put them into practice for yourself,” Sinclair urges the students to find “balance” in their profession.
Six of the 58 class of future lawyers are Indigenous.
