DARCIA SENFT
Darcia is employed with The Law Society of Manitoba as General Counsel and Director of Policy and Ethics. She was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1988.
and to the Ontario Bar in 1993. She has been an active member of her profession having served as a Bencher of the Law Society and a non-Bencher member of various committees. For the past several years Darcia has acted as Co-Chair of the Federation of Law Societies Access to Legal Services Exchange Group.
Darcia is a Canadian lawyer, who was called to the Bar in Manitoba in 1988 and in Ontario in 1993. Most recently, she was employed with The Law Society of Manitoba as General Counsel and Director of Policy and Ethics. In that capacity, she provided opinions on matters affecting the Law Society and governance of its members and provided advice and direction to lawyers about their professional responsibilities and ethical obligations. While employed at the Law Society, she also prosecuted lawyers charged with professional misconduct, incompetence or conduct unbecoming and oversaw the work of the complaints investigation unit.
Darcia has been an active member of the legal profession having served as a Bencher of the Law Society and a non-Bencher member of various committees. She is also a Life Council member of the Manitoba Bar Association (for having served three terms as an elected member of Bar Council.) On the national level, she was an active member of the CBA’s Ethics and Professional Responsibility Sub-committee and led its activities as Chair for more than one term. For several years, Darcia was the Co-Chair of the Access to Legal Services Exchange Group of the Federation of Law Societies. She also participated in the Policy Counsel group and was a member of the Model Code of Conduct Liaison Committee.
Darcia has acted as an occasional instructor for the Law Society’s CPLED (Bar Admission) program and a presenter at Continuing Professional Development programs. Previously, she was a sessional lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, where she co-taught the ethics course. She has presented at numerous conferences and forums hosted by The Law Society of Ontario, the Manitoba Bar Association, the Federation of Law Societies, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics.
In 2024, she retired early to further her legal education in The Netherlands and graduated from the University of Groningen with a Masters in Public International Law (LL.M.) in August 2025. She is looking forward to further engagement in public international law and intends to pursue her passions by contributing to the field. Currently, she is a member of the non-profit organization, Canadian Lawyers for Ukraine.