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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Reader Bridge Photo of Dustin Seguin, (front, blue tie) a second-year law student at U of M and mentor with Law Makers and Adam Kowal, also a mentor with the program and president of the Manitoba's Indigenous Law Students Association, taken outside Robson Hall at the U of M campus. READER BRIDGE: U of M and Seven Oaks School Division have partnered on a new dual-credit mentorship program that aims to encourage Indigenous students to study law after high school. The Law Makers program is in its first pilot year. Talking/meeting with sources today, students included. "Growing up Indigenous and low-income, we didn’t have anyone come in and tell us about post-secondary education or prospects or law schools -- oh, god – law school was so out of reach for us growing up," said mentor Dustin Seguin, who started law school at age 32 after a career in the military and wants to give back and provide mentorship to young Indigenous youth now so they can see themselves pursuing post-secondary. Reporter Maggie April 8th, 2022