Episode 12: MELANIE C.T. ASH
Beyond the Bar: Adventures in Law with Jeff Rose, KC
Episode 12: Melanie C.T. Ash
February 21, 2023 - CLEBC Studio, Vancouver & New York
Kamloops born, Melanie Ash has served as General Counsel to the New York City Racial Justice Commission since 2021, on loan from the New York City Law Department. In 2018, she was awarded the Law Department's Edith J. Spivack Special Recognition Award for dedicated legal service and superior achievement. Melanie has a BA (Hons) from Carleton University, an LLB from UBC, and an LLM from Columbia Law School. She clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada under the Chief Justice of Canada, Beverly McLachlin and is admitted to the bar in both BC and New York.
Originally, Melanie's plan was to study law at Columbia University, then come back to Canada. But New York City had other plans. She stayed, and after four years at a prestigious midtown law firm she became a litigator for the City, where she litigated on behalf of New York City's trees and water supply. As General Counsel for the City's Racial Justice Commission, she oversees the legal aspects of proposals to change the City's 17th-century Charter to advance racial equity.
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