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Melissa Smith

msmith@wildlaw.ca

Melissa was called to the bar in June 2019 and will return to the firm in January 2020 as an associate.

Melissa earned her J.D. from the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of English Literature degree from Queen’s University.

During her time in law school, Melissa was a caseworker at the low-income legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services. Melissa also served on the executive committee for her school’s Women in Law group and was an editor of Ultra Vires, the faculty’s student newspaper.

Prior to and during law school, Melissa taught an LSAT class and worked for three of her professors at a tech-legal start-up developing tax software. During her final year at law school, Melissa spent a semester studying at the University of Amsterdam.

Melissa’s interests include travelling, rock climbing and yoga.