Rebecca Penner is an articling student in the firm’s Winnipeg office.
Rebecca graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Manitoba in 2024. During law school, Rebecca provided pro bono legal services as a student clinician through the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts. She placed second at the Robson Hall Negotiation Competition and competed at the Canadian National Negotiation Competition in 2024.
Prior to law school, Rebecca graduated in 2020 from the Asper School of Business with a Bachelor of Commerce achieving dean’s honours and majoring in International Business and Human Resource Management.
- President, Business Law Group, University of Manitoba (2023-2024)
- Chair, Manitoba Law Students Association (2023-2024)
- Senior Assistant Editor, Banking & Finance Law Review (2023-2024)
- Assistant Editor, Banking & Finance Law Review (2021-2023)
- Student Volunteer, Community Unemployed Help Centre, Pro Bono Students Canada (2021-2022)
- Vice President Academic, Executive Council, Commerce Students Association (2018-2019)
- Max Kaplan Prize in Legal Aspects of Business Planning and Finance Law (Manitoba, 2023-2024)
- Robson Hall Negotiation Competition, second place (Manitoba, 2023)
- Pitblado Scholar Award (Manitoba, 2021-2022)
- Max and Manly Isaacs Prize for Legal Methods (Manitoba, 2021-2022)