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Manitoba’s Wilson Moot Team left to right: Coach Madison Pearlman [JD/18] (Law Society of Manitoba), Avery Alexiuk (2L), Tess Poulton (2L), Maia Bacchus (3L), Kirsten Nynych (3L), Coach Charles Murray (Manitoba Justice, Constitutional Law section).

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Moot Report 2025: The Wilson Moot

May 29, 2025 — 
For the first time since 2012, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law fielded a team in the 2025 Wilson Moot which took place February 21 – 22 in Toronto, ON at the Federal Court facilities. The Wilson Moot, is named in honour of the late Honourable Bertha Wilson, the first female justice appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and pays tribute to her remarkable contributions to Canadian law.

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Seven law students in formal clothing stand smiling in front of two banners advertising the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts.

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Expanding Access to Justice in Manitoba

May 28, 2025 — 
The L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts are operating at full speed, with a record seven law students hired to provide pro bono legal services throughout the summer of 2025 to clients anywhere in Manitoba with internet access.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: historic Provincial Law Courts - pediment : blind justice and cornucopias in the tympanum - photo by M.Torres

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CBC Manitoba: Former Manitoba justice minister’s decision to order Nygard review was abuse of process

May 28, 2025 — 
Despite ruling, charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement will not be stayed

Brandon Trask is an associate professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of law. (Warren Kay/CBC)

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CBC News: Crown questions detective who led 1st investigation that ended with no charges against ex-world junior players

May 28, 2025 — 
Stephen Newton, now retired, interviewed players on trial in late 2018

Pictured from left to right: Michael Badejo (Fillmore Riley), William Ho (1L), Meagan Gillis (1L), Linnea Kosokowsky (1L), Eric Wagner (1L), Nick Noonan (Fillmore Riley), and Professor Darcy MacPherson.

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Moot Report 2025: Robson Hall Mini Moot

May 27, 2025 — 
The 2025 Robson Hall Mini Moot took place on March 17, 2025, and was organized by co-chairs Jessica Blatta and Kassandra Taverner of the Manitoba Law Students’ Association’s Clinical Experience Committee. The Committee congratulated Linnea Kosokowsky (1L) and Meagan Gillis (1L), winners of the 2025 Robson Hall Mini Moot.

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Three smiling law students wearing formal dress suits each hold a cup shaped trophy with handles.

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Moot Report 2025: Third Annual Art Braid Business Law Case Competition

May 27, 2025 — 
The third annual Art Braid Business Law Case Competition took place on Friday, February 28, 2025, at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS)’s offices. This year’s case challenged students to review and analyze a services agreement on behalf of a client and present their recommendations. Congratulations to winners Jordan Wagner (3L), Eric Wagner (1L), and William Ho (1L), and to runners-up: Eric Martin (1L), Tyler Rubigny (1L), Thomas James-Davies (1L), and Alessandro Imbrogno (1L). The Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law generously funded the competition.

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The 2025 Kawaskimhon at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON. Tam Manitoba included Janell Jackson (front, middle in blue), Mary Charlet-Lathlin (back, 3rd from right), Chloe Dreilich-Girard and Raven Morrisseau (front, 2nd and 1st from right).

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Moot Report 2025: Kawaskimhon Indigenous Moot

May 26, 2025 — 
The 2025 Kawaskimhon Indigenous Moot took place March 7 – 8, hosted by the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University on the traditional Anishinabe territory of the Fort William First Nation, home to Anemki Wajiw (Mount McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario). The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law sent two teams to compete, including Mary-Charlet Lathlin (3L), Janell Jackson (2L), Raven Morrisseau (2L), and Chloe Dreilich-Girard (2L). The team was coached by Marc Kruse, Director of Indigenous Legal Learning and Services, and Daniel Diamond, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law.

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Photo of Gale Cup Moot Team and Coaches left to right Gale Cup Moot Team (left to right): Denise Sarmiento, Kaitlyn Clarke, Andrew Bergen, Derek Zaporzan, Sameer Harris, and Coaches Ashleigh Smith and Dayna Queau-Guzzi (both Manitoba Justice). Photo source: Sameer Harris.

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Moot Report 2025: Gale Cup

May 26, 2025 — 
The Gale Cup Moot’s Team Manitoba was in Toronto from February 27 - March 2. Kaitlyn Clarke and Andrew Bergen (2Ls) were a Respondent team while Sameer Harris and Derek Zaporzan (2Ls) were Appellants. Denise Sarmiento (3L) was the researcher, (plus clerk and timer at practices). The team was coached by Dayna Queau-Guzzi and Ashleigh Smith from the Appeals Unit at Manitoba Prosecutions.

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Team Manitoba (left to right): Sydney Reimer (2L), Tahnee Hoff (2L), Ethan Kemp-Wasylyk (2L), Nicolle Golletz (3L). Not pictured, Researcher Eric Moon (3L).

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Moot Report 2025: National Family Law Negotiation Competition

May 26, 2025 — 
The National Family Law Negotiation Competition took place virtually on February 27 to March 1, 2025. Manitoba’s team of Sydney Reimer (2L) and Tahnee Hoff (2L) placed 4th overall, with Reimer placing 2nd as individual top negotiator. The team of Ethan Kemp-Wasylyk (2L) and Nicolle Golletz (3L) placed 8th overall. Researcher, Eric Moon (3L), assisted the teams, which were coached by Tanya Keller [LLB/08] and Mikaela Bauerlein [JD/23] (both of Amica Law Corporation). Natasha Brown, Director of Access to Justice at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, was an organizer of the annual competition, which is co-hosted annually by the University of Manitoba and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

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plastic health cards on a table

CBC Manitoba: Potential issues with new plastic health cards

May 20, 2025 — 
A CBC Manitoba looks at potential issues with new proposed plastic health cards, including no expiry dates and how that could be problematic. Katie Szilagyi, an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba, weighs in on whether the concerns are valid.

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