Eric Fleming is completing a clerkship at the Court of Appeal for Ontario and will be clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada for the Honourable Justice Suzanne Côté in 2025. Before pursuing law, Eric completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Manitoba in Political Studies and Philosophy. During his undergraduate degree, he assisted at a human rights consultancy focusing on the rights of Indigenous peoples. Following this, he moved to Ottawa, completed a Master of Arts in International Affairs, and worked as an analyst at Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs on its Middle East Strategy and response to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Eric completed his JD in 2023 at the University of Ottawa, with a specialization in Environmental Law. While at UOttawa he was Executive Editor (English) at the Ottawa Law Review and worked as a research associate focusing on market-based mechanisms for environmental and biodiversity conservation.