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Photo of students smiling in a room, wearing suits. This was from the cover of the Desautels Centre 2024 Impact Report. Photo by 47 Filmworks.

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Making an impact on private enterprise in Manitoba

May 13, 2024 — 
The Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law proudly presents its annual Impact Report 2024. This report is distributed across the academic, legal, and business communities to share the important achievements and contributions made by students, faculty, staff and community partners engaged in the work of the Centre at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law.

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An Indigenous woman in a grey blazer and beaded earrings smiles at the camera.

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Winnipeg Free Press: New APTN docuseries about Indigenous youth leaders features two Manitobans

May 11, 2024 — 
New APTN docuseries about Indigenous youth leaders features two Manitobans

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BBC News: Accused Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki goes on trial in Winnipeg

May 9, 2024 — 
Accused Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki goes on trial in Winnipeg

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Empty moot courtroom at Robson Hall

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The Canadian Press: ‘As though they were garbage’: Trial hears serial killer targeted Indigenous women

May 8, 2024 — 
'As though they were garbage': Trial hears serial killer targeted Indigenous women

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Robson Hall Faculty of Law

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The Canadian Press: Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women, but claiming not criminally responsible

May 7, 2024 — 
Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women, but claiming not criminally responsible

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Law students working at the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts include Jamie Robertson (3L), Emily Palmer (2L), Kassandra Taverner (2L), Rebecca Penner (3L), and Lisa Haydey (2L).

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Celebrating the power of art, education, legal innovation, and hope

May 2, 2024 — 
On March 14, 2024, The Honourable Anita R. Neville, P.C., O.M., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, hosted a formal reception at Government House to celebrate the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts. Invited guests from the Manitoba arts and legal communities gathered to learn more about the mission and purpose behind the new legal arts clinic housed at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Law.

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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: Why one Manitoba professor says Canada is failing its international obligations in Gaza

April 25, 2024 — 
Why one Manitoba professor says Canada is failing its international obligations in Gaza

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Manitoba Laskin Moot team 2024: Jayden Wlasichuk (3L); Zeynep Fattah (2L); Tanys Bjornson (coach); Maia Bacchus (2L); and Kirsten Nynych (2L) [Missing from the photo are researcher, Ashley Slagerman (3L) and coach, Tamara Edkins (Justice Manitoba)

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Moot Report 2024: A season of excellence

April 23, 2024 — 
The 2024 Moot season held another year of excellent learning opportunities for law students and resulted in several triumphs for the Manitoba moot teams. Awards won included the Spirit of the Laskin Award, the Spirit of Negotiation Award for the French stream of the Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC), and recognition for the fourth-best mooter in the all-French language Bastarache moot.

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Law students stand between two roll-up banners Left to right: Scott Groot (3L), Austin Sutherland (3L), Gabrielle Swan (The Pas Arts Council), Kassandra Taverner (2L), and Stephan Possin (3L)

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Learning about Arts and Business Law needs of Northern Manitobans

April 22, 2024 — 
From March 24-27, law students from the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts and L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic attended the second annual Northern Arts & Food Workshop hosted at University College of the North in The Pas. While in The Pas students stayed on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) at Kikiwak Inn. Learn about OCN and inspiring plans for the Opaskwayak community.

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The Honourable Malcolm Rowe answers questions posed by law students Talia David (1L) and Logan Nadeau (1L) before taking questions from the floor.

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Supreme Court Justice inspires philosophical discussion

April 16, 2024 — 
The Faculty of Law was pleased to welcome The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, to visit with law students on March 28, 2024. Students, professors and legal professionals filled the Moot Courtroom to first hear him give a short lecture on the work of late SCC Justice Ivan Rand regarding Freedom of Expression, and later open the floor to questions facilitated by law students Logan Nadeau (1L), and Talia David (3L).

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