Jennifer Mbang Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Coordinating and overseeing the day-to-day operations of Reach Legal Referral Service through daily supervision of law school placement students and other volunteers.• Identifying relevant legal topics, developing content and organizing educational workshops, seminars and lectures tailored to individuals with disabilities and their families. These workshops are presented by professionals on topics such as disability, employment, justice, housing, immigration, social services, legal and social rights of people with disabilities. • Liaising with the access to justice, disability advocate, and not-for-profit communities. These include legal professionals, law associations, colleges, universities, advisory committees, stakeholders, partners, community and social service agencies on behalf of the organization.• Applying for and managing Reach’s grant-based projects including collaborating with independent contractors and grant budget oversight and reporting.• Interviewing, hiring, training and mentoring law students, volunteers and independent contractors for the Reach Legal Programs.• Collaborating with other organizational departments to identify, implement and manage the operational plan according to the strategic vision of ABLE2.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Supported the promotion and protection of human rights within the OCDSB by receiving, processing, analyzing, investigating and alternatively resolving Ontario Human Rights Code based discrimination, harassment and violence concerns or complaints. • Engaged in ongoing OCDSB policies, procedures and practices review using an Indigenous rights, human rights and equity lens, to identify gaps, collect data and analyze trends to identify patterns and potential systemic issues. • Developed human rights-based outreach materials, delivers human rights-based and criminal justice training through engagements with students, families, community and staff on human rights-related matters to promote awareness, confidence and understanding of human rights. • Liaised with other offices and departments including employee resource groups, parent and community committees, third party investigators, unions, federations, associations and other OCDSB stakeholders. • Conducted research into complex human rights and legal issues, and provides case law analysis.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 Participated in litigation and class actions on behalf of Indigenous women, girls andgender-diverse people in both national courts and international tribunals. These files wereon criminal law, indigenous law, health law, human rights, restorative justice and socialjustice. Advocated on behalf of Indigenous people by monitoring, reviewing and pushing for theimplementation of legislation which directly affects Indigenous people (Bill S-3 UNDRIP;Bill C-92 An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, Metis children, youth and families;Section 81 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act). Provided inhouse legal services to executive management, board of directors and employeesof the organization such as legal advice, draft and maintain legal documents, andcorrespondence with the government, its agencies and the public at large. Reviewed, drafted high policy documents and participated in consultations, parliamentaryhearing committees and conferences regarding proposed changes to legislations andnational implementation of Calls to Justice and Action (MMIWG and TRC). Liaised with other organizations and joined coalitions to develop platforms to advocate andlobby against the continued systemic racism and discrimination suffered by blacks,indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). Lodged complaints on behalf of indigenous people with international bodies such as theInter-American Commission on Human Rights, UN Working Group on ArbitraryDetention, and UN Human Rights Council.

North Bay, Ontario, Canada

 Provided legal support, advice and worked hand in hand with other justice sector partners(police, victim witness, probation, parole, bail supervision centres, mental healthinstitutions and other related agencies) to ensure efficient progression of criminal matters. Conducted prosecutions, hearings (crown and judicial pre-trials), applications (charter andorder variations), motions and reviews for both criminal and quasi-criminal offences inboth the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice. Ensured the implementation of current initiatives, protocols and directives of Criminal Lawby keeping abreast of what is current through memos sent from the Criminal Law Division,attended conferences and partook in ministry and law society approved courses. Assisted other crowns with prosecutions, research, case preparations and other delegatedresponsibilities (criminal and justice related projects). Performed case management functions in and out of the North Region to ensure thatcriminal matters were efficiently dealt with.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 Interviewed and screened clients through phone and electronic communications to identifylegal issues, liaised with lawyers to ensure a perfect match between clients and lawyers ofdifferent legal specialties. Organized, promoted and attended legal and educational seminars and assisted withcommunity outreach. Identified, researched and drafted documents to the legal community and donorsregarding current trends in the law especially disability law. Trained and supervised university law students volunteering at Reach, and also participatedin general administrative duties. Researched and assisted lawyers in the preparation of cases for trial and out-of-courtsettlements.

Law Practice Program, Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Law

Master Of Laws - Llm, Human Rights And Criminology