Meaghan Kells

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Meaghan Kells
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Associate
Legal Assistant
BIO

Meaghan Kells is an associate in our Halifax office with a successful record of dispute resolution through negotiation, mediation and litigation.  She completed her law degree at the Schulich School of Law in 2018 and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2019. While earning her law degree, she completed an academic exchange at the University of Bergen in Norway, where she studied international and comparative law.

Meaghan has appeared before all levels of Court in Nova Scotia, the Court of Queen’s Bench in New Brunswick, the Provincial Court in Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the Federal Court of Canada.

BACKGROUND

Bar Admission

  • Nova Scotia (2019)

Law School

  • Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Education

  • Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law (JD, 2019)
  • University of Bergen, Norway: International and Comparative Law Exchange (2017)
  • St Francis Xavier University (BBA, honours, 2015)
  • University of Limerick, Ireland: Business Studies Exchange (2013)

Professional Activities & Affiliations

The Advocates’ Society

Community & Volunteer Activities

Canadian Ski Patrol

  • Atlantic East Division President and National Management Committee Member (2020 – Present)
  • National Recognition Committee Member (2019 – Present)
  • Volunteer (2010 – Present)

Law Society Memberships

  • Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
  • Canadian Bar Association

Languages

  • English