Profile

Bethany graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba in 2019. She completed her articling term in Kenora, Ontario, at a firm which provides legal services to First Nation clients in Treaty 3, 5 and 9 territories. She was called to the Ontario bar in January 2021, and to the Manitoba bar in June of the same year. Bethany joined Fast Trippier Clunie Wittman LLP as an associate, and practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law, real estate, and wills and estates. In her free time she enjoys travelling, reading, crafting, and game nights with friends.

• Member, Manitoba Bar Association
• Member, Canadian Bar Association

• Giizhowigamig Warming Space (daytime warming space for homeless individuals in Kenora, Ontario) (2021)
• Pro Bono Students Canada, Robson Hall Chapter (2017 – 2019)
• Co-founder and past President of Robson Hall Mental Health Group (student group created to support and advocate for the mental health of law students) (2017 – 2019)
• Past Treasurer and President of Outlaws (local chapter of a national student group to support and advocate on behalf of LGBTQ2S+ law students) (2017 – 2019)
• Founding member and past Vice President Events of Student Pipeline Action Committee (student group created to promote discussion of the legal and ethical issues surrounding pipelines and to fundraise for legal defense funds) (2017 – 2018)
• SNOW Night (“Safe Night Off Winnipeg Streets”, an annual “sleepover”-style gathering for Winnipeg’s street-based sex workers) (2017)
• Just a Warm Sleep (overnight warming space for homeless individuals in Winnipeg) (2017)

• Inaugural recipient of the Class of 2019 Humanitarian Award (for exceptional volunteer service to the Robson Hall community and broader Winnipeg community) (2019)
• Benvenuto Straccha Prize (for highest academic standing in Agency and Partnership Law) (2019)
• Dean’s Honour List (2014/2015)
• University of Manitoba, Entrance Scholarship (2011)

• Ontario, 2021
• Manitoba, 2021

• University of Manitoba, Juris Doctor (J.D.), 2019
• University of Manitoba, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 2015