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Rock-star judge’ Murray Sinclair left lasting impact on Manitoba legal community, friends and colleagues say – CBC

Nov 05, 2024

‘He’s going to be remembered … as one of the most important figures in the history of this country’

Winnipeg lawyer Brad Regehr’s fondest memory of the late Anishinaabe judge and senator Murray Sinclair has only a tangential connection to his judicial career.

In 2007, Regehr’s partner had recently given birth to their youngest child. Sinclair, who Regehr says had an interest in acting, convinced Regehr and his partner to participate in the Manitoba Bar Association’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as part of the association’s annual Lawyers Play fundraiser.

To convince the couple, Sinclair volunteered to hold their baby during rehearsals and while the couple performed in the play’s opening scene.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-legal-community-reacts-to-loss-of-rock-star-judge-murray-sinclair-1.7373736

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