Jesse Abell

About Jesse

Jesse Abell is an associate at OKT whose litigation practice focuses on upholding section 35 rights, protecting human rights, and advancing Indigenous jurisdiction. She represents Indigenous clients across Canada in matters involving Aboriginal and treaty rights claims, consultation and accommodation disputes, human rights and discrimination complaints, and claims relating to the status of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and appears before courts and tribunals nationwide, including the Federal Court of Appeal, the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court, the British Columbia Court of Appeal and Ontario's Superior Court. Before joining OKT she articled as a judicial law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Jesse received her J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School with academic honours, took part in the Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Law Moot, and worked as a research assistant on the Indigenous Environmental Justice Project and on duty-to-consult issues; she also worked as a legal caseworker at community legal aid clinics during law school. She holds an Honours B.A. in History and English from the University of King's College and is called to the bar in both Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.