He was the founder and executive director of several environmental law organizations, as well as the drafter of the Environment Act of Nova Scotia.
He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1990, and earned his LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1991.
[4] Meinhard Doelle served as a professor of law at Dalhousie University, as well as their associate dean of research.
[5] He also previously served as the chair in Marine Environmental Protection at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden.
[15][16][17] Doelle died on September 17, 2022 near his cottage in Pembroke, Nova Scotia, at the age of 58 after his bicycle was struck by a motorvehicle.