Dr. Rebecca Jaremko

Rebecca works as a barrister and solicitor. She has enjoyed a varied career in law, business, and academia, spanning over 20 years. Her work as a lawyer began in 2003 with civil litigation with a large firm, and she has returned to litigation in this role.

Rebecca’s experience includes working as Staff Lawyer, Law Reform and Equality, at the Canadian Bar Association, then as a Policy Counsel with the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Subsequently, Rebecca served as a per diem Crown Attorney with the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ottawa. She then shifted gears and joined the management team of Gowling WLG, serving as Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Manager for a large, multinational law firm.

In 2015, Rebecca became the first graduate of the Ph.D program at the Carleton University Department of Law and Legal Studies, and was the first ever graduate of that program. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Cincinnati.

In addition to her several years teaching at Carleton in the Department of Law and Legal Studies and the Sprott School of Business, she also taught at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, Robson Hall Law School at the University of Manitoba, the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law, and at the University of Cincinnati.

Rebecca is a member of the Ontario Bar Association Council.

Rebecca is licensed to practice in Ontario and Manitoba.