Justice Network: Law and Publication Windspeaker

justice network: I think it's important to establish an aboriginal justice network, she told the publication, according to Globe and Mail. Naiomi Metallic, a teacher specialized in indigenous law at Dalhousie's Schulich law school, says the appointments are being greeted with delight among advocates for greater indigenous and black representation in the legal system. In 1994, Justice Benton told the aboriginal publication Windspeaker she had made a series of fruitless job applications to firms around Atlantic Canada, with some partners telling her they felt her knowledge of aboriginal law wouldn't be an asset. I'm elated We've been saying in the media there needs to be more diverse appointments and it appears that hasn't fallen on deaf ears, she said. She is the third black judge in the province's lower and superior courts. Justice van der Hoek, from Windsor, has practised law for 19 years and also worked with Nova Scotia Legal Aid in Windsor and Halifax after graduating from Dalhousie Law School. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.