Jameela Jeeroburkhan

Of Counsel

Quebec Bar, 2006

Jameela Jeeroburkhan has worked for Aboriginal communities and organizations across Canada since 2004, working first as a law student and then as an associate at another law firm in Montreal.

Jameela became associated with Dionne Schulze S.E.N.C. in 2010 and practices in areas including housing, taxation and specific claims.  She brings to the firm her experience in the preparation of complex litigation on behalf of Aboriginal clients and she has appeared before the Federal Courts of Canada, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Ontario Court of Appeal. 

Jameela has also negotiated with the federal and provincial governments, as well as industry, on behalf of Aboriginal communities.

Jameela is a member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Aboriginal Law Section as well as an Editor of the Section’s newsletter, Aboriginal Writes.

Jameela is fluent in English and French and has functional knowledge of Spanish and Mauritian Creole.

Education

LL.B/B. Civ. – McGill University

B.A. (Honours, Anthropology) – McGill University

Publications

“The Role of Elders and Oral History Evidence in the Courts,” co-authored with Peter W. Hutchins and Lysane Cree, February 2008, prepared for the Canadian Bar Association’s 2008 Aboriginal Law CLE.

“Pre-Confederation Claims and Federal and Provincial Obligations: a Survey of the Applicable Law,” co-authored with David Schulze and Peter W. Hutchins, prepared for the Indian Claims Commission, November 2005.