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Harper Metler

Articled Clerk

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Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 2025 (Expected)

Legal Assistant(s): Rosetta Doucette

Stewart McKelvey’s articled clerks – many of whom are also musicians, adventure travelers, athletes and more – play an active role in client meetings, closings, mediations, administrative hearings, examinations for discovery, trials and more and are encouraged to pursue their diverse personal and community interests outside of the Firm. The Firm’s rigorous professional development program provides clerks with the breadth and depth of experience needed to build a career in litigation, advocacy or business law and is supported by the Firm’s formal and informal mentorship opportunities.

Education & Career

Education

Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, Juris Doctor (JD), 2024

Dalhousie University, Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours), 2021

Activities

Board member, Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, Atlantic Chapter, 2022 – present
Co-chair, Dalhousie Asian Law Students Association, 2023 – 2024
Vice President (Finance), Dal Law Community Outreach Society, 2022 – 2023
Volunteer Educator, Dalhousie Youth Legal Education Society, 2021 – 2023
English Language Tutor, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia, 2021
President, Dalhousie Chinese Studies Society, 2019 – 2021

Accolades

Law Foundation of Nova Scotia Scholarship
Nathalie Goyette Prize in Tax Law
A.S. Pattillo Prize in Advocacy
Bereskin & Parr Prize in Intellectual Property Law
2024 Bowman National Tax Moot (Finalist Respondent Team)
J&W Murphy Scholarship
Dalhousie Renewable Entrance Scholarship
Honours Thesis Award
Professor W. Maxwell Award for Economics

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