The Modern Courtroom: Running a Trial with Digital Exhibits

Kate Gower works as a contract lawyer to Devlin Gailus Westaway in all areas of Aboriginal Law, specializing in Aboriginal consultation and litigation. She has appeared before British Columbia, Federal and Northwest Territories courts. She also works as a neutral investigator to resolve workplace complaints brought under internal discrimination and harassment policies in the public and private sector.

Recently, she helped Devlin Gailus Westaway Law Corporation run the Aboriginal Treaty Interpretation Case - West Moberly First Nation et al. v. B.C. - as a digital trial in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The case was the first digital trial in Victoria. It involved 8 parties and thousands of digital maps and historic documents.

Kate did her law degree at the University of Victoria, articled at Fasken Martineau, and now has her own business contracting her legal skills to other law firms. Before law, Kate was a journalist for the CBC and CTV in Canada, and the BBC in the UK.