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face pay inequities because of
the way pay for legal work is
structured. Our challenges are
to figure out how to change
the structure of legal work
and how to achieve a new
model wherein women are
not penalized for motherhood.
While the panelists accepted
the current structure, we
as future members of the
profession left the discussion
pushing ourselves to think
outside of the current
structure so that we may
achieve true equality.
Overall, the panel discussion
was a fruitful reflection on
the challenges women have
overcome and the challenges
that are still before us. The
experiences of our panelists
taught us much about how
things are, but also left us
envisioning how things might
be. While the gender divide
is perhaps more real than it
is apparent, the generational
divide, even within the
genders, must be recognized
if we are to move forward as a
profession. We have much to
learn from our mentors, but
perhaps also much to teach
them if we are ever going to
bridge these divides.
Dayna Steinfeld graduated with the
second highest academic standing
of the Class of 2012. During law
school she was the recipient of
numerous awards and prizes. In
2011, she received the Muriel St.
John Research Award for Women’s
Legal Issues and the McGraw Hill
Ryerson Student Scholarship.
In 2013, Dayna will clerk at the
Supreme Court of Canada, see story
on page 10.
Did You
Know?
Professor Emeritus Cameron Harvey first to
publish an article on women in the legal profession
By Michelle Gallant
Cameron
Harvey,
Professor
Emeritus,
whose
retirement
in 2006 marked the end of
an impressive four-decade
contribution not only to Manitoba
law students, but also to the
Manitoba Legal Community
and the University of Manitoba,
may be the most understated
individual at the Faculty of Law.
Understated because you would
never learn from Cam that he
has written or co-written seven
books, over 50 scholarly articles,
a dozen government reports, and
more than 200 judgments for the
Manitoba Land Value Appraisal
Commission. Nor would Cam
mention that for 16 of his 40 years
with the Faculty, he was Associate
Dean. Nor would you hear from
Cam that his 1970s article, Women
in the Law in Canada, was the
very first article on the subject of
women in the legal profession to
be published north of the 49 th .
From Cam, a question about
the latter elicits only a smile that
acknowledges the irony in the fact
that this fundamental article was
written by a male scholar.
Amid prodigious scholarship, Cam
taught numerous courses, some of
which – Wills and Estates, Agency,
and Legal History – provided
the underpinnings for his books:
Agency Law Primer (with Professor
Darcy MacPherson), The Law of
Dependants Relief in Canada,
and the pithy and amusing Legal
Wit and Whimsy: An Anthology
of Legal Humour, to name but a
few. Cam continues, as a sessional
lecturer, to teach Conflict of Laws,
and he is currently Chair of the
Manitoba Law Reform Commission
reported in the LCRs.
When asked to recount one of the
many heights of his involvement
with the Faculty of Law, Cam
recalls the memorable moment
when he received a particular
letter about one of his articles. The
author of the letter? None other
than Lord Denning himself.