About Jack
Jack Woodward earned a B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1974 and an LL.B. from the University of Victoria in 1978, and has practised Aboriginal law across Canada since the 1970s. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2012 and taught as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Victoria between 1985 and 2001, where he helped build the school's first credit course in Indigenous law. Woodward has acted for more than 100 First Nations communities and organizations, including in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia, recognized as the first successful Aboriginal title claim in Canadian history, along with cases such as Nuchatlaht v. British Columbia and Delgamuukw v. British Columbia. He wrote Aboriginal Law in Canada in 1989 and edited Consolidated Aboriginal Law Statutes, Regulations and Treaties, and co-wrote the book Sechanalyagh with former Chief Roger William.
Practice areas
Education & credentials
- Law school
- University of Victoria
- Undergraduate
- University of British Columbia, B.A. (1974)
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