Shawnee Monchalin graduated from the Allard School of Law in 2020 and is one of four students completing her articles at the Vancouver offices of Miller Thompson LLP in 2020-2021.
During her time in law school, Monchalin was the Vice-President of the Indigenous Law Students’ Association (ILSA) as well as its representative at the Allard Women’s Caucus. She also competed on the Allard rugby team.
Monchalin holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science and law from UBC. She has also studied as part of the Native Law Program at the University of Saskatchewan, as well as on exchange at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
She played on the Thunderbirds women’s rugby team as an undergraduate student between 2011 and 2015.