Services
Pollock Law provides advice, guidance, and training to First Nation governments, independent boards and tribunals, corporations, and individuals. We also facilitate large meetings and bring the skills needed to negotiate agreements between governments, as well as between government and private-sector partners. Our firm works effectively in complex, multi-party environments, supporting individuals and organizations with diverse and sometimes competing interests.
Environmental &
Natural Resources Law
Support clients in navigating Yukon’s environmental and socio-economic assessment
process, as well as water and mine licensing regulatory regimes.
Bring in-depth, practical insight informed by experience as in-house counsel with the Yukon
Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board, including work through legislative
amendments and a judicial review process.
Offer specialized knowledge of and extensive expertise related to the water licensing process, the Waters Act and Chapter 14 of the Yukon First Nations Final Agreements.
Work with industry clients to help them understand regulatory requirements, manage
risk, and move projects through assessment and regulatory processes clearly and effectively.
Indigenous Law &
Legislative Drafting
Work with public governments and self-governing Indigenous communities on governance and legislative matters.
Provide advice grounded in deep knowledge of Yukon First Nations Final Agreements, the
Crown’s duty to consult, Aboriginal and treaty rights, historic treaty interpretation, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Advise Chiefs and Councils on governance structures, responsibilities, and decision-making.
Draft legislation, regulations, and rules tailored to the legal and cultural context of self-governing Yukon First Nations.
Administrative Law
Advise clients operating within administrative and regulatory systems, including independent tribunals and boards established under Yukon First Nations Final Agreements.
Provide guidance and training on procedural fairness, standards of review, bias, and
institutional independence.
Draft clear, practical rules of procedure and memoranda of understanding that support effective and defensible decision-making.
Support numerous administrative tribunals in preparation for a during hearings.
Governance &
Negotiations
Provide governance advice to boards established under Yukon First Nations Final Agreements and to societies registered under the
Societies Act.
Support boards in fulfilling their mandates through clear roles, sound processes, and
informed decision-making.
Advise on self-government and comprehensive claims agreements across Canada
and negotiate government-to-government and international agreements with a collaborative,
strategic approach.
Policy & Community Engagement
Help organizations develop clear, long-term policies on a broad array of topics such as the environment, the assessment and regulatory system, resource development, health, and housing, by providing research, analysis, and practical guidance.
Deliver tailored training and capacity-building sessions that equip teams with the skills to make and effectively communicate reasoned decisions.
Engage with communities to gather insights and translate them
into practical recommendations for clients.