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Faculty of Law

How an LLM program in Corporate Law and ADR at the University of Manitoba shaped my legal career (and everything else)!

August 7, 2025 — 
The Master of Laws (LLM) program at Robson Hall is one of the University of Manitoba’s best-kept secrets but it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. Some of Canada’s most illustrious legal professionals count among our alumni. Wura Dasylva is a partner at Miller Thomson LLP in Regina, Saskatchewan, who completed her LLM at Robson Hall in 2017. When last we chatted in 2018, we were delighted to learn that she was busy skydiving and working hard as an articling student at Miller Thomson. Since then, she has really flown, and we are over the moon to share her latest news.

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Master of Laws 2025 graduate Oluwafisayo Stephen Ayita will return to Robson Hall this fall as a member of UM’s first cohort of the Internationally Trained Lawyers program.

Faculty of Law

Convocation 2025: Oluwafisayo Stephen Ayita, LLM

June 18, 2025 — 
Oluwafisayo Stephen Ayita likes an academic challenge. He had only just moved to Winnipeg having obtained permanent resident status and was settling into the city with his family when he made a last-minute decision to submit his application for the Master of Laws program at the University of Manitoba on December 11, 2022, four days before the deadline. He was accepted into the program, starting in the fall of 2023, and graduated with his LLM degree at UM’s Spring Convocation on June 4, 2025.

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Portrait of Laurel Harris seated on a black sofa at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. photo by Reanna Khan.

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law announces inaugural Director of Internationally Trained Lawyer Program, Equity and Transformation

September 9, 2024 — 
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the arrival of its inaugural Director of the Internationally Trained Lawyers Program, Equity and Transformation, Laurelle Harris, K.C. [JD/2001], starting September 16, 2024.

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