Laurelle Harris K.C.

Laurelle A. Harris, K.C. (she/her) is the inaugural Director of the Internationally Trained Lawyer Program, Equity and Transformation at Robson Hall. Laurelle holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Women’s Studies, History) and has undertaken graduate studies in Women’s Studies and Black Studies at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Laurelle earned her law degree in 2001 from Robson Hall and is an experienced litigator with formal training in mediation, arbitration and conflict resolution undertaken locally and at York University in Toronto, Ontario. 

In addition to being a practicing litigator for her entire career, Laurelle has wide-ranging expertise in areas of equitable organizational assessment and design, policy development and implementation, workplace investigations, system reviews, leadership development, and anti-racism education. Laurelle has been called upon to act as a subject matter expert in antiracism and equity, including with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, and led the Review into Systemic Racism and Oppression at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Laurelle serves as a director with the Manitoba Law Foundation and as a member of the Legal Aid Manitoba Advisory Committee.  She was awarded the MBA’s Equality Award in 2022, in recognition of her demonstrated excellence in her efforts to promote equality in the legal profession and commitment to the law. Under her leadership, the Equality Section also received the 2024 Section Award for its outstanding contributions to the MBA. In 2023, she was appointed King’s Counsel by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of Manitoba for demonstrating outstanding practice, integrity, leadership, and excellence in the legal profession.
 

• Equitable Legal Education