Stacey Lambert

Associate and Intern 2007-08

With CAPI from July, 2008 - Present

Accreditations: BA (UVic), LLB (Ottawa)

Stacey Lambert earned her BA in Political Science and French from the University of Victoria and her law degree from the University of Ottawa with specializations in both international and social justice law. During her law degree, she was heavily involved in pro-bono work involving several systemic discrimination complaints before the Ontario Human Rights Commission, with the Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights, and with the 'No Means No' program of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.

Throughout her time in Ottawa she also worked as a Gender Equality Analyst for both Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and as a Policy Analyst and Programme Officer with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Stacey was called to the Bar of British Columbia in September of 2009 after completing her articles with Caroline + Gislason Lawyers, as progressive union-side labour law firm with a focus on human rights.

As a CAPI intern to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2007-2008, Stacey Lambert worked as the Legal Advisor with the Cambodia Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) in their Khmer Rouge Trial and International Criminal Court Programme. This internship was funded by CIDA. Her work with ADHOC involved authoring legal briefs to the ECCC, providing legal and logistical support to victims appearing as civil parties before the court, coordinating and conducting community education sessions, and conducting advocacy and monitoring activities.

Her areas of interest include: transitional justice and establishment of rule of law; gender issues, particularly relating to reproductive rights and to the prosecution of sexualized violence; refugee, trafficking, and migration issues.

Stacey was featured in the article Focus On... in CAPI's Fall 2009 e-Newsletter.

Email: lambert_stacey@yahoo.ca