Prem Rawal
Lieutenant-Colonel Prem Rawal, LLB'02, has been a legal officer in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) since 2004, serving with the Office of the Judge Advocate General in a variety of roles.
Prem has served as Deputy Judge Advocate in Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto and Ottawa, providing legal advice to the CAF leadership at all levels.
A significant part of Prem’s career as a legal officer has been in military prosecutions. He served as Regional Military Prosecutor, based in Halifax, from 2008-2013. He then served as Counsel – Policy, Training and Communications for the Director of Military Prosecutions (DMP) from 2013-2016, during which time he continued to conduct prosecutions, appeared before the Court Martial Appeal Court, and led the overhaul of the DMP’s policies to promote a better understanding of and response to the concerns of complainants in cases where physical, emotional or sexual integrity has been violated. Prem has also served as Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) in the Office of the JAG where he supervised human resource administration and delivered other corporate services. As ACOS, Prem initiated and led the creation of an online tool that simplified the annual posting process and centralized the collection of posting-related information. Prem currently serves as legal advisor to the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal and Commander, Canadian Forces Military Police Group.
In 2009-2010, he deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a member of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there, working to support the DRC’s military justice system. Prem holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’s University, a Bachelor of Laws from Western, and a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. In addition to English, Prem is also fluent in French and Gujarati.
