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Leif Jensen, a legal aid lawyer who represented Mason, said the legislation is a step in the right direction. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

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CBC Manitoba: Legislation will ban incarceration under Health Act after Manitoba woman with TB jailed

March 13, 2025 — 
CBC investigation found Geraldine Mason spent month in jail after missing tuberculosis medication

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Ravi Balchan and Lisa Haydey, Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts clinicians, presenting to On Screen Manitoba Business Affairs Workshops for Emerging Producers and Filmmakers

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Lights, Contracts, Action!

March 11, 2025 — 
On February 11th, 2025, law students from U of M’s Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts presented at the “Business Affairs Workshops for Emerging Producers and Filmmakers”, hosted by On Screen Manitoba in partnership with Winnipeg Film Group.

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Headshot of law student Bharat Rai

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From Classroom to Community: A Law Student’s Journey at the Legal Help Centre

March 10, 2025 — 
As I work through my last year at Robson Hall, I find myself reflecting on my time as a law student and the numerous opportunities that I have had the privilege of participating in. While I am grateful for every opportunity law school has presented to me, the most memorable and impactful experience that I had as a law student was participating in the Externship Program at the Legal Help Centre (LHC).

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Faculty of Law to host Community Presentation of Canada’s Black Justice Strategy

March 4, 2025 — 
The Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba will host Manitoba’s only community presentation of Canada’s Black Justice Strategy on Wednesday, March 5 at Robson Hall, 224 Dysart Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with keynote and panel discussion at 6:00 p.m. The Faculty of Law welcomes alum Zilla Jones [JD/11] as keynote speaker and co-author of the CBJS, along with panelists Dr. Delia Douglas (Office of Anti-Racism, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences); Ms. Ashley Carruthers, NP (CEO, Nurse Practitioner Association of Manitoba); and Ms. Michelle Jean-Paul (Assistant Superintendent, Louis Riel School Division). The panel will be moderated by Ms. Mandy Ambrose [LLB/01] (Director of Prosecutions, Manitoba Justice).

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UM faculty and alumni appointed to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission board

March 3, 2025 — 
Seven faculty and alumni have recently been appointed to the  Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC) board, an important arms-length provincial  agency under the Environment Act.

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Photo of famous Toronto Criminal defence lawyer Marie Henein leaning on one elbow with her face in one hand, looking piecingly at the camera. She wears all black with one hand pressed on the table in front of her. Her face is expressionless.

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Faculty of Law to host Harry Walsh, O.C., Q.C. Lecture featuring keynote Marie Henein, K.C.

February 24, 2025 — 
All members of the legal community are invited to join us for this lecture held in honour of Harry Walsh, O.C., LL.D., Q.C., one of Canada's most legendary advocates who fought for the abolition of capital punishment in Canada and helped found Legal Aid Manitoba.

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Photo credit: JESSICA LEE / FREE PRESS FILES Brandon Trask is an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former prosecutor.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Petition calling for bail reform launched in wake of fatal crash

February 20, 2025 — 
Man accused of causing crash was out on bail

Prof. Jennifer Schulz

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Winnipeg Free Press: Northern First Nation reveals ‘persons of interest’ names in provocative move to curb criminal behaviour

February 14, 2025 — 
Northern First Nation reveals ‘persons of interest’ names in provocative move to curb criminal behaviour

First year law students get oriented in the newly-renovated Harry Walsh, O.C., Q.C. Moot Courtroom, named in honour of one of Canada’s greatest and most respected advocates.

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Honouring Advocacy

February 14, 2025 — 
Law students passing under the name sign above the door of Robson Hall’s largest classroom, may not be aware of the weight and impact it bears on the advocacy training they receive within its walls. The Moot Courtroom was named in honour of Harry Walsh, O.C., LL.D., Q.C. (1913 – 2011), one of Canada’s greatest and most respected advocates who graduated from the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law in 1937.

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Nathan Derejko, an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba and the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice.

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CBC Manitoba: Manitobans call Trump’s pitch to take over Gaza Strip grotesque, vulgar and ‘wholly unlawful’

February 5, 2025 — 
Forced ownership of Gaza would constitute war crime: U of M international law expert

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