Marie-Hélène is a PhD student at University College London (UK) and one of the two inaugural recipients of the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism Studentship. Marie-Hélène’s research interests lie primarily in constitutional law and theory, with a particular focus on the theory of judicial review, human rights litigation and the protection of minority rights in multinational federal systems.
Prior to starting her PhD, Marie-Hélène practiced as a litigator in Québec, representing clients in both French and English before all levels of courts and across diverse areas of law, including constitutional and administrative law. She also served as a law clerk to Justice Nicholas Kasirer at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021-2022. Marie-Hélène earned both her common law and civil law degrees from McGill University as a Loran scholar (2016-2020), and completed her masters at the University of Oxford as a MacCall MacBain scholar (2022-2023). Upon graduating from Oxford, she received the Clifford Chance Prize for best overall performance in the masters programme.
