Rebecca Porter
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2018
- Languages
- English, French
Health LawHealth LawAbout Rebecca Porter
Rebecca Porter is an associate with the Advocacy Group at Gowling WLG in Ottawa, working in health law and medical defence. That work includes acting as counsel to the Canadian Medical Protective Association, and Porter serves clients in both English and French.
Gowling WLG is where Porter spent both the summer student term and articles, and the call to the Ontario bar followed in 2018. That came after a JD, earned magna cum laude, in the University of Ottawa's French Common Law program, which built on an earlier criminology BA from the same school. Best Lawyers has listed Porter in Ones to Watch since 2023.
Mentoring, moot court judging and a 2019 teaching stint at the University of Ottawa run through the story (details below). Back in law school there was the 2016 Laskin Moot and research and teaching assistant work. Porter also co-wrote two French-language Juriblogue posts with Guy Régimbald on Supreme Court of Canada rulings involving First Nations and Yukon treaty rights.
Practice areas
Health law and medical defence
Porter's practice centres on health law and medical defence, including work as counsel to the Canadian Medical Protective Association.
Education & credentials
- JD, French Common Law (magna cum laude), University of Ottawa (2017)
- BA (magna cum laude), Criminology, University of Ottawa (2014)
- Called to the bar of Ontario (2018)
Awards & recognition
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada, Best Lawyers (2023)
Publications & speaking
- La Cour suprême du Canada confirme que l’aménagement d’un centre de ski sur le territoire d’une Première Nation ne viole aucun droit constitutionnel ou ancestral, Juriblogue (co-written with Guy Régimbald)
- Bien que la retenue des tribunaux soit de mise, la Cour suprême du Canada oblige le Yukon à respecter les traités modernes, Juriblogue (co-written with Guy Régimbald)
Memberships & affiliations
- Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO): Porter is a member.
- Canadian Bar Association: Porter is a member.
In the community
- Porter mentors in the legal community and serves as a judge for moot court competitions.
- In 2019 Porter was a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa, teaching lawyers' ethics and professional responsibility.
- During law school Porter interned with organizations including the University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic, Pro Bono Law Help Ontario and the Department of Justice.
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