Heather M. Hughes
Articling Student
she/herHeather Hughes is an articling student at TDS.
Profile
Heather is pleased to be joining TDS as an articling student after working for the firm as a summer student in 2021 and 2022. During her articling year, she will be practicing in a variety of areas, including intellectual property, business immigration, corporate & commercial, and labour & employment law.
Heather graduated from Robson Hall in 2023. During her third year of law school, she served as the President of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Group, and she was the group’s second-year representative during its inaugural year. Heather contributed to the Desautels Review, a peer-reviewed journal, through her position as Senior Assistant Editor. She also participated in a clerkship at the Provincial Court of Manitoba and an externship at the Legal Help Centre where she advocated for access to justice.
In 2019, Heather graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in psychology and completed an undergraduate thesis in the clinical stream.
Additional Information
Juris Doctor – Robson Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba – 2023
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – First Class Honours – Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba – 2019
Jo-Anne M. Findlay Memorial Award for volunteerism at Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg Inc. – Legal Help Centre – 2023
Finalist selected for the Robson Hall Negotiation Competition – University of Manitoba – 2022
Honourable Israel Nitikman & Dorothea Nitikman Prize for highest standing in the course entitled “The Legal System” – University of Manitoba – 2021
Pitblado Scholarship for ranking in the top 10% of the class, first year law – University of Manitoba – 2021
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for an outstanding undergraduate psychology honours thesis – Canadian Psychological Association – 2019
George Mower Memorial Prize for academic excellence in Developmental Psychology – University of Manitoba – 2018
Isbister Scholarship in Arts for highest standing, any year except the graduating year in Arts – University of Manitoba – 2018
UMSU Scholarship for excellence in academic achievement at the University of Manitoba (for achieving a sessional GPA within the top 4% of their class year in their faculty or school) – University of Manitoba – 2018
George Mower Memorial Prize for academic excellence in Developmental Psychology – University of Manitoba – 2017
UMSU Scholarship for excellence in academic achievement at the University of Manitoba (for achieving a sessional GPA within the top 4% of their class year in their faculty or school) – University of Manitoba – 2017
Dean’s Honour List – University of Manitoba — Winter 2018; Fall 2017; Winter 2017; Fall 2016; Winter 2016; Fall 2015
University 1 Honour List – University of Manitoba — Fall 2014
