Robyn Schleihauf
Dec 10, 20204 min read
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When you need outside counsel to assist with Code of Conduct investigations and/or the complaints process, get experienced help.
You may be conflicted from a matter or simply have an influx of complaints. Let a lawyer with over 7 years of experience in professional regulation help get you out of the weeds.
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Robyn Schleihauf is a lawyer with over 7 years of experience assessing complaints and conducting investigations for regulatory bodies, employers, and National and Provincial Sports Organizations. She practices exclusively in matters involving alleged violations of codes of conduct.
Robyn sits on the Board of the Nova Scotia College of Nursing. She is a CBC freelance contributor and recently published an opinion piece on the use of AI and large language models in litigation. In 2023 and 2024 Robyn was an associate professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University and taught the Introduction to Legal Ethics Course.
Robyn is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School (2015), where she received the Cassels Brock & Blackwell Award for Professionalism and the Ian Scott Public Interest Internship Award. For her internship, she worked at a Community Legal Aid Clinic for the Baamseeda program, along with the Indigenous legal coordinator, providing legal assistance to Indigenous communities and individuals.
Robyn worked as a Pro Bono lawyer for the North Preston Land Pro Bono Initiative and was successful in assisting her clients to gain title to their land. Robyn has appeared on CBC news and in The Coast to speak on this issue. She has also guest lectured at her alma mater, Osgoode Hall Law School with respect to the Land Titles System in Nova Scotia.
In her free time, Robyn is a writer, with a focus is on creative non-fiction, personal essays and opinion pieces. Her work has been published on CBC.ca and in The Coast. Robyn formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Afterwords Literary Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia.