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- ↑ "Manitoba Law Library". The Law Society of Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
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- ↑ "Law Societies and Bar Associations". University of Victoria Faculty of Law. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Law Societies and Bar Associations
- ↑ Justice, Manitoba. "C.C.S.M. c. L107". web2.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ↑ "Law Society of Manitoba - Mandate". Consumerinformation.ca. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Mission and Values." Law Society-of Manitoba. 2017.
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