Holding a Bachelor’s degree in civil law and a Master’s degree in common law and transnational law, Anne-Julie Asselin also holds a degree in public affairs and international relations, concentration in public policy and environment. After a one-year internship at the Supreme Court of Canada as a law clerk with the judge Richard Wagner in 2014-2015, she joined Trudel Johnston & Lespérance, a firm specializing in class actions and public interest litigation. She practices in the areas of environmental law and human rights and freedoms. For example, she represented Malartic residents struggling with the nuisance of an urban open-pit mine, and Cap-Rouge residents in their dispute with the Anacolor paint plant. She has been on the board of directors of the Quebec Environmental Law Centre since 2016.