Kelby is an Associate with Taylor McCaffrey LLP practicing in the areas of Advocacy, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Labour & Employment Law. While she works in all areas of general civil litigation, Kelby has been focusing on Estate Litigation. She is well-versed in workplace discrimination and harassment investigations, and the administrative human rights process in Manitoba.
Kelby obtained her Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2019, graduating in the top 3% of her class, after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (Human Rights and Conflict Resolution) from the University of Winnipeg, where she received the Gold Medal.
She has experience with small claims, residential tenancy matters, labour board hearings, and has appeared before all levels of Court in Manitoba.
Outside of her law practice, Kelby enjoys mentoring law students and giving back to community. She currently volunteers at the Legal Help Centre in Winnipeg to support and provide guidance to law students working in the drop-in clinic providing legal information and summary advice to low-income community members.
- Member of Manitoba Bar Association
- Member of Canadian Bar Association
- Member of Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
- Member of the Advocates’ Society
- Law Society of Manitoba
- Taylor McCaffrey is the exclusive Manitoba member of the Employment Law Alliance, the world’s largest and leading management side network of labour and employment lawyers with selected members literally worldwide
- Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE) – the leading management-side labour and employment lawyers organization in Canada
- Housing Division Caseworker, Parkdale Community Legal Services, 2018
- Senior Editor, Journal of Law and Social Policy, 2017–2018
- Upper Year Law School Mentor, 2017–2019
- Administrative Law Division Caseworker, Community & Legal Aid Services Programme, 2016
- Community Advocacy Intern, Public Interest Law Centre, 2015–2016
- Status of Women Director, University of Winnipeg Students’ Association, 2014–2016
- Institution Volunteer, Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba, 2014
- Youth Mentor, Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services Inc., 2012–2013
- Pro Bono Award of Excellence (2022) : Kelby was awarded the Pro Bono Award of Excellence for her donation of professional time to enhance access to public interest legal services in Manitoba (2022)
- The Honourable William G.C. Howland Award of Excellence, 2016–2019
- Cumulative academic standing within top 3% of Osgoode Hall Class of 2019
- WeirFoulds LLP Prize in Administrative Law (2019)
- Jean-Alexandre De Bousquet Award for the Advancement of Human Rights, 2016
- University of Winnipeg Chancellor’s Gold Medal for the Highest Standing in Arts (4-year), 2016
- Deans Honour List – Student of Highest Distinction, 2014–2016
- Walter Leatherdale Major Entrance Scholarship, 2012–2016
- Terry Fox Humanitarian Award, 2012–2016
- YWCA Woman of Distinction, Prairie Award of Promise, 2012
- Miller Thomson Foundation National Scholarship, 2012