How to be a Good Lawyer - Judge Murray Sinclair

http://www.heartspeakproductions.ca In this excerpt from Tributary Streams of A Healing River, the Honourable Associate Chief Judge Murray Sinclair speaks about his personal challenges while working in the criminal justice system.
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Tributary Streams of a Healing River is an in depth study of restorative justice with over 14 hrs of video on 10 DVDs. (available from Heartspeak Productions -- http://www.heartspeakproductions.ca)

Speakers Bio:

Chief Judge Murray Sinclair was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in March of 1988. He was Manitoba's first Aboriginal Judge, and at that time, Canada's second.

After serving as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Manitoba, Judge Sinclair attended the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba and, in 1979, graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. He was awarded the A. J. Christie Prize in Civil Litigation in his second year of law and articled with a law firm in his home town of Selkirk, Manitoba.

He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1980. In the course of his legal practice, Judge Sinclair practiced primarily in the fields of Civil and Criminal Litigation and Aboriginal Law. He represented a cross section of clients but by the time of his appointment, was known for his representation of Aboriginal people and his knowledge of Aboriginal legal issues.

Shortly after his appointment as Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in 1988, Judge Sinclair was also appointed as Co-Commissioner, along with Court of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice A. C. Hamilton, of Manitoba's Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
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[TheManYouWantToKnow]

I guess U.S. and Canadian lawyers are pretty much the same.

[heartspeak]

You mean they are all human beings?

[20sam]

what is ishnabe?

[heartspeak]

Anishnabe means original people - to be a good human being.

[rahulloveaqua]

wonderful,practical lesson for any human ,specially for a lawyer.

[theyourock7]

i wanna be a loyar or a veteranarian and 2 other jobs but im afraid to say it ill talk about it in the other vids i will look up

[WashakadaSpirit]

This is Our most honoured Chief. He is the leader of Our Mission.

Meegwetch.

[asitroy]

very helpful

[w1lp34]

If one breaks a law, that person, knowingly or unknowingly, is practicing law. A small difference is that the one breaking the law knowingly can attempt to the best or their knowledge to avoid getting caught with much higher percentage than an innocent person charge with a crime.

[XooooooL]

wow i was wondering what to do in the futcher i was stuck on two choices biology teacher or a lawyer and now i want to be a lawyer.

[phantomsuccour]

@BasharatJ88 No that's just 3 years later than the average. And if you really want to be a lwayer, that won't matter. DOn't worry about others, do your best to be your best.

[danielcooper1000]

We can never find justice at the hands of corrupt judges. (See YouTube videos) Judge to Judge on Illegal Payments to Judges / Evil Triangle of Court Corruption / Richard Fine / Dr Shirley Moore /SBX 211. The fight to end this title wave of corruption in our country must start with the corrupt judges. We can not bring evidence of corruption to corrupt judges. Los Angeles Superior Court judges are illegally and unconstitutionally taking 50,000.00 each for a total of 23 million per year.

[TheLyricsGuy]

99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name

[cr500rebuild]

@TheManYouWantToKnow They couldn't be more different. Canadian law schools are quite lousy, despite how "great" Canadians think they are. Also, when US and Canadian law schools compete against each other (in Canada) the judges are as biased as possible against the US students. It's ridiculous.

[playthefield21]

I don't get why lawyers aren't allowed to testify against their clients once their clients admit their guilt to them in confidence? People say this is because then lawyers could be bribed to testify that innocent clients are guilty, well while that's true, people can always bribe the judge and jury as well. We need to trust that most people are good people, which is why i think lawyers should be allowed to testify against their guilty former clients, we'll catch more criminals that way.