Sarah Schmaus is a Métis woman who recently completed her first year of law at the University of Saskatchewan and was fortunate enough to take part in their summer law program for Indigenous students. She grew up in Kindersley, Saskatchewan on her farm, but her family originates from Peepeekisis as well as Muscowpetung First Nation in Treaty 4 territory.

Sarah currently holds the Internal Communications Officer position for the National Indigenous Law Students’ Association in Canada for the 2021-2022 academic year. This year she will be serving her second consecutive term in 2022-2023 as Vice President External for Level Justice at their USask chapter. Recently, their chapter hosted a panel on the need to Indigenize the legal system and hosted a fundraiser for the organization to help with their mission of fostering equitable access to justice.

Through Level, Sarah volunteered this past year at their Indigenous Youth Outreach Program and has contributed over 400 volunteer hours overall within her community over the last five years. Sarah will be helping take over the IYOP program in Saskatoon this year as one of their program coordinators and was recently elected as Vice President Internal for ILSA at the University of Saskatchewan.

Currently, Sarah is employed through the Aboriginal Law Summer Student Program under the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ontario and is working for Crown prosecution in their Criminal Law division. Sarah was recently approved as one of the eight members to serve on the Indigenous Advisory Council for the Federation of Law Societies of Canada which is committed to ensuring their work aligns with the goals of truth and reconciliation and that their initiatives are informed by Indigenous perspectives.

Sarah was recently elected to serve on the National Indigenous Law Students’ Association executive council for her second year in the 2022-2023 academic year as their 2nd Year Law Student Representative. Her legal interests are Criminal Law and Aboriginal Law. She is also interested in helping marginalized and disadvantaged groups throughout her legal career.