Interview with Naiomi W. Metallic – CBA National Magazine
Naiomi Metallic was the first Mi’kmaq law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. The Halifax lawyer holds the Chancellor’s Chair in aboriginal law and policy at Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law .
CBA National: Who has had the biggest influence on you and why?
Naiomi Metallic: My dad. My mom. My high school English teacher, Ora Watson. The Mi’kmaq professor who encouraged me to apply to law school, Patti Doyle-Bedwell. The Hon. Michel Bastarache for picking me, of all people, to be one of his law clerks. My husband, Al Mcpherson.
N: If you had a personal motto what would it be?
NM: Treat others as you wish to be treated.
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