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Kirsten Lancee

Kirsten Lancee joined Roulston Urquhart Criminal Defence in March 2018 while completing her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Calgary. Kirsten Lancee completed her articles at Roulston Urquhart Criminal Defence and was called to the bar in June 2020. Under the mentorship of Tonii Roulston and Andrea Urquhart, Kirsten Lancee began working on complex files in all areas of criminal law, including first- and second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, domestic and other violent crimes, and the newest developments in the law surrounding sexual assault. Kirsten Lancee appears daily in the Provincial Court of Alberta to defend the presumption of innocence and to advocate for clients charged with any type of crime.

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Educational Background

Prior to law school, Kirsten Lancee received her Bachelor of Arts Degree with First Class Honours from the University of Alberta. In 2019, Kirsten Lancee completed her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Calgary. During law school, Kirsten Lancee was heavily involved with Student Legal Assistance (SLA), a non-profit organization that provides legal representation to underprivileged individuals in the areas of criminal, family, and civil law. Kirsten Lancee ran numerous criminal trials and continued to work at SLA throughout law school. In 2018, she was awarded the Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Trial Advocacy Prize for outstanding performance in trial advocacy and dedication to Student Legal Assistance. She was also elected to the SLA Executive as Trial Coordinator, where she oversaw the Trial Division program. As the Trial Coordinator, and a member of the SLA Executive Team, she focused exclusively on complicated litigation files.

Kirsten Lancee received a number of academic awards throughout law school, including the Judith R. Norman Memorial Award for leadership and superior ability in the areas of counselling and negotiation. In her final semester of law school, Kirsten Lancee was chosen as one of six Clerkship Students at the Provincial Court of Alberta, where she worked with and shadowed Judges from Criminal, Youth Criminal, Family and Civil Provincial Court. She gained invaluable experience as a criminal defence lawyer while being a Clerkship Student, as she garnered insight into the minds and practices of the judiciary.