Internationally Trained Lawyers News Archive

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.

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.