Law Society of British Columbia fines Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond $10,000 for false resume claims, including misrepresented legal membership and honorary degree.

Law Society of British Columbia fines Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond $10,000 for making false claims on her resume, including misrepresenting her legal membership and receiving an honorary degree from a university that never awarded one. The DNA test findings suggest Turpel-Lafond has Indigenous heritage, but she misrepresented some of her credentials and has been ordered to pay the fine to a non-profit supporting Indigenous justice.

July 25, 2024
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