Jameela Jeeroburkhan

Partner

514-842-0748 ext. 227

Year of call: Quebec Bar, 2006

Jameela Jeeroburkhan joined Dionne Schulze in 2010 as counsel and became a partner in 2013. She maintains a diverse practice that includes protecting Aboriginal and treaty rights, First Nation taxation and specific claims. She has experience in the preparation of complex litigation on behalf of Indigenous clients, and she has appeared before the Specific Claims Tribunal, the Federal Courts of Canada, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Extended Bio

In addition to her litigation experience, Jameela works on issues of community governance, including law- and policy-making. She negotiates with the federal and provincial governments, as well as with industry, on behalf of Indigenous nations and communities.

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

  • LL.B/B. Civ., McGill University, 2005
  • B.A., Anthropology (Honours), McGill University 2000

  • Canadian Bar Association (CBA) – National Aboriginal Law Section, Executive Committee member
  • Member, Canadian Muslim Lawyers’ Association, Quebec branch
  • Supervising lawyer, McGill Legal Clinic at the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM)

  • Included among the leading practitioners in Aboriginal law in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory since 2019
  • Named as one of the “Best Lawyers” practicing Aboriginal law in Canada by Best Lawyers in Canada® each year since 2025

  • Moderator, “Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence,” Annual Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Conference, Winnipeg, 2025.
  • “Plaider l’histoire devant un tribunal federal: la pratique des revendications particulières des Premières Nations au Québec,” presentation in the Transnational Practice course of Professor Lauren Cavallier, Faculty of Law, Sherbrooke University, 2024.
  • “L’obligation de consulter et d’accommoder et les régimes d’évaluation des impacts,” Open Forum Conference, Quebec City, 2019.
  • “Growing Reliance on the Principles in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Aboriginal Peoples in Canada,” presentation in the Transnational Practice course of Professor Derek McKee, Faculty of Law, Sherbrooke University, 2018.
  • “Obstacles to Accessing Courts and Legal Services for First Nations” in Reconciliation in Canadian Courts: A Guide for Judges to Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Context and Practice (e-bench book), National Judicial Institute, 2017.