Meaghan Daniel is an activist-turned-lawyer, and an occasional academic.

Prior to opening her own practice, Meaghan worked as an associate at two social justice-focused law firms, gaining critical experience within the progressive bar. She is now putting her own vision of a social justice law firm into practise. In addition, she remains connected to her work at Falconers LLP, while also practicing in close association with Westshore Law, and with the Integral Ecology Group, as legal advisor on applied environmental and cultural research.

At McGill’s Faculty of Law, Meaghan is a sessional instructor, teaching courses in two areas: litigation strategy in a social justice practice, and the use of indigenous law in a settler practice. She is also a frequent lecturer on police accountability, prison abolition, state violence and systemic racism, civil rights and civil disobedience.

With a truly national practice, Meaghan’s experience includes high profile Coroner’s inquests such as the Inquest into the Death of Ashley Smith, and the Seven Youth Inquest. She has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario on civil and constitutional matters, and traveled into remote First Nations to work with individuals and communities on Indigenous governance projects. Meaghan has acted for a variety of civil service organizations, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic and has appeared in relation to several reviews and reports related to the justice system’s treatment of Indigenous people and racism in policing.

Meaghan has an Honours undergraduate degree in English and Women’s Studies from Western University, a law degree from the University of Manitoba, and a Masters degree in law from the University of Victoria. Her thesis examined Indigenous legal traditions in Nishnawbe Aski Nation (northern Ontario), under the supervision of two Anishinaabe legal scholars, Heidi Stark and John Borrows. She remains deeply committed to spending the time it takes to learn how to be a treaty partner and a good relative.