James Hopkins Algonquin/Metis) is the Director and Associate Clinical Professor of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program; Professor Hopkins is Algonquin/Metis from Quebec and he received his B.A.1993) and LL.B. 1996) from the University of Toronto. He is a former law clerk to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and is a member of the Ontario Bar. Prior to joining the College of Law he was an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Law, at the University of Albert. He graduated from Harvard Law School's joint Masters of Laws and International Tax Program LL.M.ITP) in June 2000. Professor Hopkins' area of interest is the intersection between trade, tax and aboriginal law. He is a recipient of the Harvard University International Tax Program's Award for Excellence in Research and Writing for his graduate thesis titled, Democratization by Taxation: Democratic Experimentalism in Aboriginal Canada.