Adam Fiddler: Radio host, First Nation chief — and now a law school grad
One of the first graduates from the charter class at the Bora Laskin School of Law at Lakehead University says he is fulfilling a childhood dream.
Adam Fiddler told CBC News he has been thinking about being a lawyer since he was eight-years-old, watching news coverage of First Nations issues and constitutional talks.
Although he has been a radio host and chief of his community — Sandy Lake First Nation — he says he never forgot his curiosity about what was happening, and what he was told.
"And I remember asking questions [like], 'what's this all about?' And I remember in my heart knowing this was important. It was really important. I could sense it. Something was going on," Fiddler said.
"And I was told, 'well, why don't you go to law school and find out?' And at that point, I made up my mind that I was going to go to law school."
Training for his law degree has been a lot of work, he said, particularly being in Lakehead's unique three-year concentrated law program, Fiddler said.
Listen to the interview with Fiddler on CBC Thunder Bay's Superior Morning radio show.
Fiddler says passing his bar exams are the next step before beginning his law career.