Faculty of Law News Archive

March 1, 2024 — 
CBC Nova Scotia: Lawyer warns 'integrity of the entire system in jeopardy' if rising use of AI in legal circles goes wrong

February 28, 2024 — 
This year the Faculty of Law provided training on developing basic conflict resolution skills to members of the law school faculty and administrative staff. The six engaging workshops, led by Winnipeg company Facilitated Solutions, were designed to inspire while providing practical tools for dealing with everything from everyday tensions to highly charged social and political realities.

February 28, 2024 — 
Before taking a winter term break, law students packed the Robson Hall Common Room on February 13 to experience Métis culture at an event held in honour of Louis Riel Day. The Manitoba Indigenous Law Students’ Association organized a program of traditional food, dance, beading art and a panel sharing the knowledge of Métis community members with fellow students and faculty.

February 26, 2024 — 
The Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series committee members invite the University of Manitoba academic community to a lecture on “Images of Reach, Range, and Recognition: On Emotions in the Study of Law” to be given by Assistant Professor Emily Kidd White, Osgoode Hall Law School on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. in room 207 at Robson Hall.

February 15, 2024 — 
Opinion poll about alleged serial killer 'distressing and disheartening,' says daughter of slain woman

February 12, 2024 — 
On January 31 more than 200 people gathered for the Next Steps with Generative AI, the second installment in the seven-part UM Knowledge Exchange.

February 9, 2024 — 
The Master of Human Rights program’s annual Symposium took place on Wednesday, January 25, 2024 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The symposium gives students enrolled in both the interdisciplinary graduate degree’s practicum and thesis streams an opportunity to present their research and share field experience gained from their respective placement sites.

February 8, 2024 — 
First Nation files legal claim over 150-year-old Treaty 4

February 8, 2024 — 
Nabil Iqbal is a Master of Human Rights student and a 2023-24 recipient of a Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics (CPAE) Graduate Fellowship. He is keenly interested in finding ways to help improve the rights of an often overlooked refugee group – those who are forced to move across borders because of the threats to their homeland from climate change.

February 7, 2024 — 
The Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law has released an important research-based report highlighting current critical factors to the interaction of private enterprise and business law in Manitoba.