Jeremy Greenberg

Jeremy Greenberg is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Jeremy holds a B.A. (Hons) in Political Science/History from the University of Toronto, and a Master’s in Human Rights from the London School of Economics. Following an initial stint as an articling student with Falconers, Jeremy joined the firm as an Associate in 2020. His areas of interest include Indigenous rights, corporate accountability, international law, state accountability, criminal law, legal reform, and access-to-justice.

As a student, Jeremy held internships with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, and at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, where he assisted in the prosecution of war criminals from the Yugoslav Wars and the Rwandan Genocide. In 2019, he was part of the national champion team at the Jessup International Law Moot competition, winning awards for Best Factum and Best Oral Arguments. He has also served as Lead Editor of the human rights blog for Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights.

A human rights activist by vocation, he comes to the legal profession following a successful career in international development. His pre-law experience includes positions at several leading NGOs based in Canada, the UK, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, and the United States.

Jeremy hails from Toronto. He is an avid cello and tennis player, though not necessarily at the same time.

Publications
“When One Innocent Suffers: Phillip James Tallio and Wrongful Convictions of Indigenous Youth.” Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol. 67 (2020).