Zilla Jones

Zilla Jones, J.D., B.M.A., is of Afro-Caribbean and multiracial descent. She received her Bachelor of Musical Arts from Canadian Mennonite University in 2003 and graduated from Robson Hall Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba in 2011 with fourth highest standing in the class. She was called to the Manitoba Bar in 2012. She practices criminal defence and human rights law with her own firm, Jones Law Office, and has appeared at every level of court in Manitoba and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Zilla is also a sessional lecturer at Robson Hall. She has presented on Black history, anti-Black racism and criminal law topics to numerous organizations, including the University of Manitoba, Red River College, Law Society of Manitoba, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Commission, Islamic Social Services Agency of Manitoba, and many others.

She is Chair of the Board of Directors of the John Howard Society of Manitoba and sits on the Board of the John Howard Society of Canada. Zilla is also an award-winning fiction writer with two books being published in 2025 and 2026.