Morris Kaufman was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba

Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba

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 on October 7, 1998. He replaced the Honourable W.R. DeGraves, who had chosen to become a supernumerary judge.

Mr. Justice Kaufman graduated in law from the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

 in 1967 and was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1968. Mr. Justice Kaufman first practised law with the firm of Yanofsky & Pollock and then as a senior attorney with Legal Aid

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. From 1976 to 1978, he practised in partnership with K.