From June 7 to 12, Justice Pro Bono was in Kawawachikamach offering free legal services to our community. Six people ran that clinic, and one of them was ours.
What the clinic did
By the time the week was over:
- 66 people from our community were served
- 85 legal files were taken care of
Wills, estates, and the kinds of questions that are hard to get answered when the nearest lawyer is hundreds of kilometres away. All of it handled here, at home, for free.
The team
Six people gave their time and expertise to make this work:
- Me Annick Nguénang-Nono, notary
- Vanna-Kerri Einish, Naskapi Nation
- Me Anke Beese, lawyer
- Me Helen Sanders, lawyer
- Louise Cottereau, Program Coordinator, Great North, Justice Pro Bono
- Angela Morency, Info Justice Côte-Nord
That is the order they are standing in, left to right, in the photo above.
In her report on the clinic, Louise Cottereau took the time to recognize Vanna-Kerri Einish’s contribution to the work. We are glad to see one of our own in that room, and we want to say thank you to her here too.
What’s next
This was the third legal clinic held in Kawawachikamach through our partnership with Justice Pro Bono, across 2025 and 2026. When our people can sit down with a lawyer or notary to discuss a will or estate without leaving the community, that is worth doing. We intend to keep doing it.
