Jessica Lott Thompson is a lawyer from Canada. In 2003, she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, and in 2017, she earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Constitutional Law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, Canada. From 2008 to 2014, she served as a Federal Criminal Prosecutor in the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, where she handled criminal and administrative cases, including homicide, sexual offenses, fraud, theft, robbery, firearms and drug-related charges, as well as criminal cases involving mental health issues. From 2015 to 2020, she served as Director of Yukon Human Rights, overseeing the Yukon Human Rights Commission, which reviewed complaints against the government, corporations, and organizations. Currently, she works as a senior lawyer specializing in criminal, administrative, and constitutional law, as well as human rights and legal reform. She chairs the War Crimes Accountability Working Group of the Ukrainian Canadian Bar Association and serves as an International Election Observer for the OSCE-ODIHR. From 2017 to 2019, she was a Member of the Federal Judicial Advisory Committee for Yukon and served as the Minister of Justice for Canada. In this role, she was responsible for evaluating candidates, verifying their credentials, and making recommendations to the Federal Minister of Justice regarding judicial appointments to the High Court, adhering to constitutional, ethical, and political standards.
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