Lee Ann Martin was appointed to the

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on September 17, 2007. Judge Martin studied law at the Panthéon-Assas University,

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in 1991, obtaining a civil law degree and practising in France before returning to

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. She graduated from the

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at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Law.

References

Government of Manitoba news release
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