Lorenzo Rose first joined the team as a law co-op student in the summer of 2017. He returned for an additional work term as a law student before commencing articles with the team in September 2020. In September 2021, Lorenzo joined as a full-time associate.
Lorenzo was born and raised in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in the ancestral and unceded hahuułi of the c̓išaaʔatḥ hawilth. Lorenzo moved to Victoria in 2013 to study history at the University of Victoria, where he graduated from the honours program with distinction, before deciding to pursue a law degree also at UVic.
As a law student, Lorenzo developed a keen interest in constitutional law, and particularly how the Constitution could be used to improve lives and livelihoods for impoverished and racialized communities. His major research project examined the intersection of Aboriginal and immigration law, and suggested a practical method to allow Aboriginal groups whose traditional territory spanned the 49th parallel to exercise Aboriginal rights across the colonial border. In his last semester of law school, Lorenzo joined UVic’s Law Centre clinical program, where he had the opportunity to provide legal assistance to Victoria’s underrepresented working-class community.
Outside the office, Lorenzo enjoys watching and competing in athletics. He takes every opportunity to embarrass himself on the softball diamond, ball hockey court, and rugby pitch.
Lorenzo is called to the Bar in both British Columbia and the Northwest Territories and has represented Indigenous clients across Western and Northern Canada, from Vancouver Island to Great Slave Lake.