Faculty of Law News Archive

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Taking Care of Business
April 15, 2025 —
On March 6th, 2025, law students from U of M’s L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic presented “Start-up Law 101: Law for Entrepreneurs,” a webinar delivered in partnership with Futurpreneur.

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Master of Human Rights Symposium 2025 highlights critical areas of need for advocacy
April 14, 2025 —
The University of Manitoba’s interdisciplinary Master of Human Rights program’s annual Symposium took place on January 17, 2025 in the Moot Courtroom at Robson Hall. The Symposium gives students enrolled in the graduate degree’s practicum and thesis streams an opportunity to present their research and share field experiences. The students’ research advisors are scholars from the Faculties of Arts, Education, and Social Work, in addition to the Faculty of Law.

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The Canadian Press: School tax increases raise questions about Manitoba’s property tax changes
April 14, 2025 —
Recent increases in school taxes have put a dent in the Manitoba government’s estimate of how many homeowners are better off under its new tax-credit system.

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Breaking Bread Together event brings law students together at first multi-faith gathering
April 6, 2025 —
One February day in the middle of a tumultuous winter, a unique event of hope and peace took place at Robson Hall: law students ate lunch together. Christian, Jewish, and Muslim law students, to be specific. Together. Breaking bread, talking about, how their faith gets them through each day, where to find the best places to study, Professor Irvine’s Property Law class.
![Left to Right: Balmoral Hall teacher Kirstan Osborne [MEd)/2018], Emily Palmer (3L) [BA)/2019, MJ/2022], Kassandra Taverner (3L) (2L) [BSc/2020] and Skylar Ferbers (3L), [BComm(Hons)/2022]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Balmoral-Hall-2025-group-presenters-photo-150x150.jpg)
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“Education is Life Itself”
March 31, 2025 —
On March 11, 2025, students from the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law visited students at Balmoral Hall School to share information on business law fundamentals and paths to becoming a lawyer in Manitoba.

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The Canadian Press: Does artificial intelligence deserve a seat in Canada’s courtrooms?
March 29, 2025 —
It was December 2023 and the Vancouver-based family court lawyer was reading citations in an application by opposing counsel Chong Ke, who wanted an order allowing the children of her client to visit him in China.

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Winnipeg Free Press: AFN grand chief calls for inquiry into decision to not search landfill
March 28, 2025 —
‘We need to look at that as a society’: Woodhouse Nepinak

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Winnipeg Free Press: Mayor defends newly posted safety adviser job
March 27, 2025 —
Winnipeg’s mayor has started his search for an expert adviser who can help analyze and prevent crime.

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CTV Winnipeg: Is your data safe in wake of 23andMe bankruptcy?
March 25, 2025 —
Is your data safe in wake of 23andMe bankruptcy?

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Moot Report 2025: University of Manitoba Represents at Canadian National Negotiation Competition
March 17, 2025 —
Three University of Manitoba Faculty of Law teams from Robson Hall recently competed in the ninth annual Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC). The competition was held at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law in Windsor on March 6th and 7th, 2025, and had both a French and an English stream. Against a talented field of the best law student negotiators from across Canada, the three U of M teams of Larissa Einarson and Kirsten Nynych; Heather Peterson and Erin Kyriakopoulos; and Tess Poulton and Maia Bacchus put in extremely strong showings with Heather and Erin receiving an award for "Best Process Management."