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Investigative help when you need it
Universities, Colleges, Community Organizations
When you need outside counsel to assist with Code of Conduct investigations and/or the complaints process, get experienced help.
Professional Regulators
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.
HR departments / Companies without in-house HR
When complaints aren't part of your day to day work, it can be intimidating when one comes across your desk. Not sure how to move it forward? Don't stress. Hire the right person.
About the firm
RS Legal is a boutique legal practice run by Robyn Schleihauf
Robyn Schleihauf is a 10 year 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.
ABOUT ROBYN SCHLEIHAUF
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.
Robyn sits on the Board of the Nova Scotia Nursing and Midwifery Regulator. She is a CBC freelance contributor and recently published an opinion piece on the use of AI and large language models in litigation. Robyn is also an associate professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University for the Introduction to Legal Ethics Course, as well as a lecturer for English I, Transition Year Program at Dalhousie.
In her free time, Robyn is a writer. Her personal essays and opinion pieces have been published on CBC.ca and in The Coast. She was a finalist in the 2026 Writers' Union of Canada Annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers for her essay, "Clearing the Board," and her essay, "Authority," was longlisted for the 2026 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. She is currently doing her MFA in Creative Non-fiction at the University of King's College at Dalhousie.
Robyn formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Afterwords Literary Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
