About Us
About Us
Pamela Leech
Pamela has worked with families for over 35 years. She has practiced as a registered social worker, formerly a family lawyer, arbitrator and is a chartered mediator. Self determination is her guiding principle and she believes that parents know their children best. Mediation and parent coaching provides a framework to build a future filled with hope, resilience and opportunity.
Through a combination of skills and experience Pamela will assist you in determining your goals and selecting the legal options that you determine will meet those goa
Pamela Leech
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
- Bachelor of Arts – Brandon University (1989)
- Honours Bachelor of Social Work – Lakehead University (1990)
- Master of Social Work – University of Manitoba (2000)
- Bachelor of Laws – University of Manitoba (2008)
- Certificate in Divorce Mediation – NorthWestern University in Chicago (2012)
- National Certification in Arbitration (ADRIC) (2020)
- Master of Laws – Osgoode Hall in Dispute Resolution (2022)
Pamela’s academic achievements include graduating with First Class Standing in the Honours Bachelor of Social Work program and winning the Isaac Prize in Law School for Legal Research. Pamela is a past member of the Manitoba and Canada Bar Association; a current member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the local collaborative practice group and the ADR Institute of Canada.
Pamela has experience providing independent opinion evidence to the Court on matters relating to periods of care, parenting plans and parental capacity.
She is on the mediation roster for the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (MPIC) program offering mediation in personal injury claims. The claims are often complex in scope and nature and the claimant generally appears with representation. Claimants who disagree with MPIC decisions relative to compensation for injuries sustained in automobile accidents can elect to mediate the appeal. Currently, injured Manitobans are entitled to benefits within MPIC’s Personal Injury Protection Plan (PIPP). If there is an issue involving coverage, the injured person can request MPIC to conduct an internal review. An appeal can be launched with the Automobile Injury Compensation Appeals Commission (AICAC) if the internal review does not resolve the issue in dispute. Mediation is now offered as an alternative to an appeal to AICAC. Pamela prepares a Memorandum of Agreement that sets out the details of the settlement at the end of a mediation that results in resolution. The claimant may proceed to AICAC for a decision by the tribunal if a resolution is not reached in mediation.
She is committed to ethical practice, ongoing learning and professional development and has been contract faculty at the University of Winnipeg in the Department of Developmental Studies. For several years Pamela has volunteered as a board member with Family Mediation Manitoba and is currently on the mediation section of Alternate Dispute Resolution Institute of Manitoba.