About James

James (Jim) A. Michael, K.C., is a member of Sipekne'katik First Nation who has dedicated his career to Aboriginal law and the rights of First Nation communities. He advises First Nation clients on Indigenous governance, Aboriginal and treaty rights, land claims negotiations, natural resource development, and litigation, and has presented on treaties and land claims to bodies including the Canadian Polar Commission. He served on the Chiefs' Committee on Claims from 1996 to 2003, directed the Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Centre in Sipekne'katik during the same period, and was elected to two terms on the Sipekne'katik Band Council. When called to the bar in 1993, Jim became the first Mi'kmaq lawyer in Nova Scotia, and the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society commissioned his portrait for the Law Courts in Halifax in 2008. He earned his LL.B. from Dalhousie University and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1993.

Practice areas

Indigenous Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Education & credentials

Law school
Dalhousie University
Undergraduate
Dalhousie University, B.A. (Political Science)

Listing compiled from public sources in July 2026. Confirm James A. Michael’s licence and standing in the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society directory ↗