Lori T. Spivak was appointed a judge of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench

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 on May 20, 2005.

Madam Justice Spivak received a Bachelor of Arts in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1981, both from the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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. She was admitted to the Manitoba

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 Bar in 1982.

At the time of her appointment, she was a partner with the firm of Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson in Winnipeg

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. She practised primarily in the fields of civil litigation and administrative law

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 (as a labour arbitrator and human rights

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 adjudicator

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). Madam Justice Spivak has also served as president of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada

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. She has also been a Bencher, a past president, and member of many committees for the Law Society

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of Manitoba. She has been a professor at the Bar Admission Course and is a frequent lecturer.