Faculty of Law News Archive

June 13, 2023 — 
Two University of Manitoba Faculty of Law professors were snapped up by the judiciary within the last two weeks. On June 1, 2023, The Hon. David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announced that Associate Professor Gerald Heckman would be replacing Justice W.W. Webb on the Federal Court of Appeal. Just over a week later, Manitoba’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba, The Hon. Kelvin Goertzen, announced the appointment of Associate Professor David Ireland to the Provincial Court.

June 7, 2023 — 
Presentations featuring 24 UM researchers available for online viewing.

June 6, 2023 — 
Learn about Howard Morry’s journey from student to community builder and advocate

June 1, 2023 — 
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the publication of its Spring 2023 Research Report. This magazine is intended to showcase annually, the impact of legal research done by professors, instructors, graduate and undergraduate students working and studying at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law. This inaugural edition includes work done between 2020 and 2023 to demonstrate the impact of the work of Manitoba legal scholars which continued despite the pandemic.

May 29, 2023 — 
Not able to get enough of arguing with people during regular moot competition season, three intrepid law students: Liam Brown (1L), Diana Gutierrez (2L), and Stefan Leicht (1L), took the initiative to sign themselves up for The Hague Inter-University Law Debate Tournament 2023. They are now competing for third place on Tuesday, May 30 in The Hague.

May 25, 2023 — 
Lauren Gowler was selected as the Faculty of Law’s exceptional student and she chose her high-school art teacher Ms. Deborah Nickel and Associate Professor David Ireland from the Faculty of Law as her most memorable teachers.

May 17, 2023 — 
The L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic is excited to operate at full speed this summer and is pleased to welcome three new case managers to the Clinic team: Lisa Haydey (2L), Kassandra Taverner (2L), and Emily Palmer (2L).

May 5, 2023 — 
The Manitoba Law Journal is excited to announce that the Desautels Review of Private Enterprise & Law will be merging with the Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law to become the Business and Trade Law Review.

May 3, 2023 — 
The Office of the Dean of Law is pleased to advise that the University of Manitoba Board of Governors has confirmed the appointments of Yvan Larocque, and Andrea Doyle who will be commencing two-year Instructor II positions, and Dr. Akinwumi Ogunranti, who will commence a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Faculty of Law, all on July 1, 2023.

May 1, 2023 — 
Meet the honourees for the upcoming September celebration