So tell me more about this Jeff Roberts…
I am a writer and lawyer based primarily in Montreal. I love words and the infinite ways they can be used for persuasion, beauty and mirth.
My writing experience includes work as a communications officer for McGill University and as an editor for professors and research groups. My free-lance work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines (see below) and covers a wide range of topics such as law, economics and city life. I am currently doing an MA at the Columbia School of Journalism in New York. My thesis relates to copyright and new media.
As a lawyer, my primary interest is intellectual property and the ways it can both encourage and suppress creativity and new ideas. As counsel for the CRTC, I have provided advice to the Canadian government on new media and broadcasting policy. My experience also includes immigration and aboriginal law. I performed my articles as a law clerk for Madam Justice Gauthier at the Federal Court of Canada.
My interests include literature, hiking and exploring big cities. Baseball and bourbon are my favourite ways to relax.
I am always looking for new opportunities to write. If you need a writer or would just like to correspond, feel free to contact me at jeffjohnroberts at gmail.com
And, finally, here is a list of some the publications in which my work has appeared:
- The Montreal Gazette
- The Economist
- The Ottawa Citizen
- Headway magazine
- The Globe & Mail
- The McGill Reporter
- University Affairs magazine
- The Toronto Star
- McGill Law Journal
