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Wendy Whitecloud Bursary in Law a step towards Reconciliation

December 21, 2023 — 
First-year Juris Doctor student Tréchelle Bunn finished her first term of law school on a high note as the inaugural recipient of the newly-established Wendy Whitecloud Bursary in Law. The Bursary was established in 2022 to be awarded annually to a First Nation, Inuit or Métis female or transfeminine student enrolled in her first year of full-time studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba. According to Métis alum Roxanne Gagné [LLB/2008] who initiated the bursary fund, she and other members of the legal profession contributed to the fund to give back to community and support diversity in the legal profession as well as help forge a path towards reconciliation by making legal education attainable to such students.

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UM Faculty of Law student recognized for Philanthropy and the Law research

December 15, 2023 — 
For the fourth time in five years, a law student at Robson Hall has won the annual Canadian Bar Association Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section’s student essay-writing contest. Robert Johnstone is a third-year Juris Doctor student whose winning paper was titled “The Secularization of Philanthropy: Examining the Potential Revocation of the Roman Catholic Church’s Charitable Status.”

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Distinguished Visitor invites legal community to learn from a disability perspective

December 15, 2023 — 
The Faculty of Law’s long-running Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series kick-starts the winter term on January 9th, the second full day of classes, with a noon-hour visit from Professor David Lepofsky. Currently serving as an adjunct research professor at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law, the internationally-recognized disability rights advocate will speak on “The Lawyer’s Ethical Duty to Engage in Social Justice Advocacy – Learning from a Disability Perspective.”

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10 ways UM research is making a global impact

December 11, 2023 — 
Research with impact. Learn more about the ways UM researchers are changing the way the world looks and talks about big issues.

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Passing the Torch

December 11, 2023 — 
The Faculty of Law honoured the lives and legacies of alumni and members of the Manitoba legal community at its annual Student Achievement Awards reception November 1, 2023. The Faculty welcomed families and friends of donors and loved ones in whose names awards were established, to meet face-to-face, the students who would be receiving the meaningful support intended to help them complete their degrees.

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Picture of law students from L.Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic with Diane Roussin (5th from left) at 2023 Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence (VIBE) Awards.

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Call to Celebrate: Indigenous Business Excellence

December 6, 2023 — 
On November 16, 2023, law students from the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic attended the 17th annual Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence (VIBE) Awards, hosted by the Asper School of Business Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg. Each year this event celebrates the achievements of Indigenous businesses in Manitoba.

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CBC Manitoba: Adam Beach speaks with the Manitoba Indigenous Law Students Association about what role law plays in his culture

November 28, 2023 — 
Adam Beach speaks with the Manitoba Indigenous Law Students Association about what role law plays in his culture

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2023 Solomon Greenberg participants left to right: Thomas Mooney, Noah Scatliff, Genevieve Smith, Tyson Priebe, Melinda Moch, Dominique Gibson (standing behind Melinda).

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Moot News 2023: Solomon Greenberg Moot sets the scene for advocacy series

November 27, 2023 — 
The annual Solomon Greenberg Moot took place on Grey Cup Sunday, November 19, 2023 at the Winnipeg Law Courts. Participating students were third-year law students Melinda Moch, Noah Scatliff, Genevieve Smith, Dominique Gibson, Thomas Mooney, and Tyson Priebe.

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National Family Law Negotiation Competition finds permanent home at UM Law, Osgoode Hall

November 24, 2023 — 
The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law and The Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University are pleased to announce they will serve as permanent co-hosts of the National Family Law Negotiation Competition (NFLNC) beginning the 2023-24 academic year.

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Winnipeg Free Press: When, not if, for police body cameras: councillor

November 20, 2023 — 
Proponents say technology helps improve transparency, accountability, public trust

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