I recently had the pleasure of sitting down virtually to chat with Me-Hae Hur, the Vice-Chair of the Public Sector Lawyers Section, to discuss her legal career in public sector law. Me-Hae is currently Crown Counsel with the Ministry of the Attorney General – Civil Law Division working with the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services and Ministry of Infrastructure.
Me-Hae’s pursuit of a legal career stemmed from her passion for social justice and an interest in acting. Prior to and during law school, Me-Hae participated in various theatrical productions. She took on such diverse roles as “Frenchy” in the musical Grease, “Hermia” in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and performed Eve Enler’s V-Day monologues to bring awareness to issues of violence against women. She even contemplated applying for a Fine Arts theatre program. However, reflecting on her options, Me-Hae considered that in addition to her love of acting, she had a deep commitment to social justice particularly for vulnerable members of society. Specifically, during her undergraduate studies she learned about the systemic discrimination towards marginalized minority groups, such as Indigenous peoples as well as persons of colour. As a result, she eventually decided that the practice of law would represent the perfect merger of her acting and social justice interests. As a litigator, she could use her acting abilities to improvise and think on her feet while using public law as a tool to advocate and contribute to the betterment of society.
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