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Front-Line Legal Magdalena Siepka - Class of 1999 29 ROBSON HALL ALUMNI REPORT
If Lieutenant Commander Magdalena Siepka had followed her original plans after graduating from U of M Law School in 1999, she’d likely have set up a small town legal practice, been decked out in a well-tailored power suit and designer stilettos while commuting to a safe, airconditioned office from Monday to Friday. “My parents would have been so happy,” she laughs. Instead she is jumping out of airplanes for fun, carrying a military issue C7 rifle and pistol that she’s been trained to wield if she has to, and traveling the world from one political hotspot to another to dispense her legal advice to top military decision makers on a moment to moment, crisis by crisis continuum. This is what she has been doing for the last 11 years and she herself is amazed at how quickly the time has flown. The slogan may be well-worn, but for Siepka it definitely rings true; “there’s no life like it.” “I liken our work to being in-house counsel,” says Siepka. Broadly speaking JAG, (Judge Advocate General) officers provide advice with respect to both international and domestic law that relates to the Canadian Forces including its governance, administration and activities in Canada and abroad. The type of advice and services provided by JAG officers is extensive, encompassing international and domestic operational law, criminal law and military justice policy, military training and education, grievances, boards of inquiry and summary investigations, elections law, compensation and benefits, military personnel law and the overall organization, command and control of the Canadian Forces. JAG officers, as advisors to the command team, deploy to forward locations not only to better understand the environment, but also because of the pace of operations and the limitations of even the most modern communications. UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, FACULTY OF LAW umanitoba.ca/law 30
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