Faculty of Law News Archive

October 8, 2020 — 
With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping most University of Manitoba buildings closed for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Faculty of Law and the community that would normally gather in Robson Hall, including the Master of Human Rights program and the Centre for Human Rights Research, has turned to alternate means to keep in contact.

October 8, 2020 — 
Stefanie Goldberg graduates this fall with a Master's degree in Law from the University of Manitoba, after her experience with articling and practicing law made her come to appreciate and enjoy legal research and writing.

October 8, 2020 — 
The Manitoba Law Journal has been very busy lately.  Despite delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the staff of the Manitoba Law Journal (both Faculty and student editors) have been able to complete Volume 42 of the MLJ.  Volume 43 will be fully available before the end of 2020. Each will consist of 5 issues and more than 40 pieces when released.

October 8, 2020 — 
Marcia V. J. Kran [LLB/80] was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee this fall, and will continue to provide a Canadian voice in this much-needed venue over the next four years.

October 2, 2020 — 
The Faculty of Law’s annual Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series is forging ahead this year, moving online with virtual talks given by renowned legal scholars. This week, the series kicked off with a talk by Western Law’s Assistant Professor Suzanne Chiodo who spoke on “Six Months in a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Civil Justice System in Ontario”.

September 29, 2020 — 
The University of Manitoba is honouring nine remarkable individuals with 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards.

September 11, 2020 — 
Dr. Brent Roussin on leading Manitoba’s pandemic response

August 7, 2020 — 
A less-than-perfect mark on a paper doesn't mean you should give up on the idea, second-year law student Adam Lakusta discovered this year. Despite getting a B on his Issues in Law and Bio Ethics class term paper, hearing a talk from a visiting scholar inspired him to revise the paper and submit it anyway to the Canadian Bar Association Intellectual Property Section's annual law student essay competition. His essay won.

July 27, 2020 — 
Connections between law and journalism are clear to see in the career path of former broadcast journalist Keith McCullough. After working in the broadcast industry for more than six years, he wanted a new and fulfilling challenge. "My hope was that many of my skills would transfer from journalism to law," he said. "Luckily, I was proven right."

July 24, 2020 — 
Edmonton-born Alyssa Cloutier knew as early as high school that she wanted to be a lawyer. Growing up in Oakbank, Manitoba, she developed a strong interest in law while at Springfield Collegiate Institute, and decided then, to do both undergraduate and law degrees close to home at the University of Manitoba. She chose law after completing a double major in History and Psychology, because, "I wanted a career that would challenge me every day and provide me with the opportunity to continuously learn new things," she said.