N.S. news: Law student making film about ocean conservation [Video]

It’s not every day you meet a law student who’s also a filmmaker and bestselling children’s author.

Ashoke Mohanraj studies law in Halifax and is making waves by turning his second book “Dolphin Dude” into an animated film for kids with the message of ocean conservation.

Mohanraj says he wanted to go to law school ever since he was an undergraduate student.

“I think along the way during my advocacy journey I realized an idea is only as good as you can communicate it and that’s where I kind of found a love for storytelling and I’ve been trying to balance both in this crazy world, but I enjoy it,” he said during an interview on CTV Morning Live Atlantic.

Mohanraj said people often have a misunderstanding that they have to have a deep connection to nature to be an environmental advocate.

“But like Dolphin Dude, I’m just a dude. …