Jonathan W. Hak, KC holds a Diploma in Criminal Justice from Mount Royal University (Canada); a BSc (with distinction) in Criminal Justice from California State University; an LLB from the University of British Columbia; an LLM from the University of Cambridge; and a PhD in Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2006 and King's Counsel in 2022. He has been a barrister and solicitor since 1987 and served as a Crown Prosecutor with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (Canada) for over 30 years. He is also an international imagery law lecturer.