Jesse Hartery is completing a joint degree in common law (LL.B.) and civil law (B.C.L.) at McGill University. He works at international law firm Fasken LLP and is a Research Assistant to Professor Johanne Poirier (the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism). He has previously been a Judicial Law Clerk at the Superior Court of Québec. He holds an Honours B.A. in History and a Minor in Asian Studies from the University of Ottawa.