Faculty of Law News Archive
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Manitoba Law School co-founder ‘A labour jurist ahead of his time’
November 12, 2019 —
One hundred years ago, H.A. Robson tabled the 1919 General Strike Royal Commission Report, making recommendations to improve conditions for workers
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Guest speaker round-up
November 12, 2019 —
Students and faculty members have been keeping the Robson Hall Community busy this fall with an exciting roster of special guest speakers.
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Robson Crim Group Researchers to Launch Book: Privacy in Peril
November 8, 2019 —
Professor Richard Jochelson and Assistant Professor David Ireland will be launching their new book, Privacy in Peril: Hunter v Southam and the Drift from Reasonable Search Protections on Wed. Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park, in the Atrium.
The university in wartime
November 5, 2019 —
Although classes continued, campus life was markedly different from 1939-1945
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Law Conference Investigates Evidentiary Thresholds
October 31, 2019 —
It was daunting, but they did it: Congratulations to Faculty Members, Staff and Student Volunteers who made last Saturday's marathon conference run without a hitch, in particular, the instigators, Professor Richard Jochelson and Assistant Professor David Ireland.
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Justice for Girls Abducted in War
October 25, 2019 —
War crimes trials and apologies are often the focus after atrocities. But for women who have escaped conjugal slavery, justice means addressing their immediate needs, Grace Acan told about 50 students and professors at Robson Hall on Oct. 24.
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Fourteenth Annual Robson Hall Negotiation Competition a Success
October 18, 2019 —
Sixteen teams of Robson Hall students competed in the thirteenth annual Robson Hall Negotiation Competition on the evening of October 17th, 2019. These third-year students were selected for having excelled in the Legal Negotiation course they took in their second year of law school
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Advocating for Justice and Reparations in Uganda
October 17, 2019 —
Escaping with their surviving children from forced marriages to Lord’s Resistance Army commanders was not the end of the ordeal for Grace Acan and Evelyn Amony.
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LL.M. students graduating from Robson Hall this fall
October 16, 2019 —
Robson Hall Faculty of Law congratulates those Master of Laws students graduating this October
Op-ed: Leaders wrong to accede to Quebec’s symbols-ban demand
October 11, 2019 —
Law professor Gerald Heckman explains





