Stephen Mussell

Stephen Mussell

Stephen Mussell joined Mandell Pinder LLP in 2015 as an articled student and became an associate in 2016. Stephen’s practice includes research, economic development, governance, negotiation, consultation, advocacy and strategic advice relating to Aboriginal rights. Stephen has a particular practice interest in Indigenous laws and having them taken seriously as law, equal in weight and force to those of the Crown. Stephen is Plains Cree-Métis. He is a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation and the Métis Nation British Columbia. His family hails from the Eagle Hills and the historic Métis community located in the Red River Valley, Manitoba. Following a brief hockey career in multiple junior leagues, Stephen attended the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law as a grateful guest on Musqueam Territory. At UBC Law Stephen received his Juris Doctor and was among the first UBC Law graduates to be granted a specialization in Aboriginal law. While pursuing his degree Stephen was actively involved in the Indigenous Law Students’ Association. He served in a number of capacities, including as president in his second year of study. During that time Stephen also had the pleasure of working under Judge Alexander Wolf as a clinician with the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, working with low-income Indigenous clients in East Vancouver on a number of criminal and family law matters in the British Columbia Provincial Court. Stephen enjoys hunting, fishing and being on the land. He also takes pleasure in cycling, hiking and traveling. Stephen hopes to use his western legal education to effect positive change both within his community and in the lives of Indigenous people generally. He is driven by a desire to continue the good work of those who came before him, and to leave a better world for our children and future generations.