CJ presents: Katherine Bueti

Wed. Jan. 30 12:30 PM - Wed. Jan. 30 01:20 PM
Contact: Dr. Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land at 204-988-7662
Location: 2M73

The Department of Criminal Justice is pleased to welcome Katherine Bueti, President of the Manitoba Law Society for her talk Justice in Manitoba: The Law Society and its Role.

As the sitting president of the Law Society of Manitoba, Katherine Bueti will discuss the Law Society and its role in the Criminal Justice system and she will discuss the unique role a defence counsel plays.

Katherine will also discuss two topics important to criminal justice in Manitoba: First, she will explore her experience with rates of remand in Manitoba, its occurrence and reasons for the exceptionally high rates, as well as how to re-think the role of remand in Manitoba. Second, she will discuss the issue of impaired driving and its decrease across Canada and if this is associated with changes in police powers and provincial legislative changes.

Bio for Katherine Bueti

Katherine Bueti was called to the Manitoba Bar in 2000 and began her legal career with Gindin Wolson Simmonds as a student, moving on to becoming a senior associate. Leaving in 2009, she was the Founding Senior Partner of Bueti Wasyliw Wiebe, which was at one time of the largest defence firms in Western Canada. Her practice is criminal defence where she has appeared in all levels of court in Manitoba as well as many northern communities, western and southern Ontario. She has experience in administrative and civil litigation as well as immigration and refugee protection and immigration appeals. She has presented on issues ranging from false confessions to plea bargaining, and has worked at the Legal Help Centre as well as holding numerous positions with the Law Society before becoming its president in 2018.