Panel to discuss legal lessons from First Nations court

A panel of jurists will discuss “Lessons learned by holding court within Walpole Island First Nation,” in a free lunch-hour event Tuesday.

Panelists include judge Deborah Austin of the Ontario Court of Justice, indigenous lawyer Matthew Stone, and Donna Day, justice coordinator for Walpole Island First Nation, unceded territory at the mouth of the St. Clair River.

Sponsored by the Transnational Law and Justice Network, the event runs noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Moot Court, Ron W. Ianni Faculty of Law Building.