BComm (Honours), 2014
Queen’s University
JD, 2019
University of Toronto
Ontario, 2020 Alberta, 2021
Jacquelyn’s practice focuses on intellectual property with an emphasis on trademark law. She has experience assisting with the trademark enforcement, clearance, prosecution, opposition, and licensing of national and international trademark portfolios.
Jacquelyn and her teammate were semi-finalists in the 2018 Harold G. Fox Moot on Canadian intellectual property law and were awarded the Gordon F. Henderson Award for the best appellant factum writers. She also represented the University of Toronto at the Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot the following year.
Prior to joining Torys, Jacquelyn worked as a summer law student at a leading Canadian employment and labour law firm.
During law school, Jacquelyn served as the volunteer student coach for the winners of The Harold G. Fox Cup for the best mooting team at the 2019 Harold G. Fox Moot on Canadian intellectual property law.
Prior to law school, she completed an internship for new graduates at a multinational Canadian bank.
Jacquelyn was an executive member for the University of Toronto chapter of the First Generation Network, an initiative to reduce barriers for law students who are the first member of their family to graduate from post-secondary school.
Jacquelyn also volunteered as a student caseworker at the Advocates for Injured Workers Legal Clinic and with the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) program, a high school program that uses legal education as a tool to assist students to succeed in school and become engaged and active citizens.