Faculty of Law News Archive
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BBC News: Accused Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki goes on trial in Winnipeg
May 9, 2024 —
Accused Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki goes on trial in Winnipeg
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The Canadian Press: ‘As though they were garbage’: Trial hears serial killer targeted Indigenous women
May 8, 2024 —
'As though they were garbage': Trial hears serial killer targeted Indigenous women
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The Canadian Press: Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women, but claiming not criminally responsible
May 7, 2024 —
Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women, but claiming not criminally responsible
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Celebrating the power of art, education, legal innovation, and hope
May 2, 2024 —
On March 14, 2024, The Honourable Anita R. Neville, P.C., O.M., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, hosted a formal reception at Government House to celebrate the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts. Invited guests from the Manitoba arts and legal communities gathered to learn more about the mission and purpose behind the new legal arts clinic housed at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Law.
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CBC Manitoba: Why one Manitoba professor says Canada is failing its international obligations in Gaza
April 25, 2024 —
Why one Manitoba professor says Canada is failing its international obligations in Gaza
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Moot Report 2024: A season of excellence
April 23, 2024 —
The 2024 Moot season held another year of excellent learning opportunities for law students and resulted in several triumphs for the Manitoba moot teams. Awards won included the Spirit of the Laskin Award, the Spirit of Negotiation Award for the French stream of the Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC), and recognition for the fourth-best mooter in the all-French language Bastarache moot.
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Learning about Arts and Business Law needs of Northern Manitobans
April 22, 2024 —
From March 24-27, law students from the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts and L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic attended the second annual Northern Arts & Food Workshop hosted at University College of the North in The Pas. While in The Pas students stayed on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) at Kikiwak Inn. Learn about OCN and inspiring plans for the Opaskwayak community.
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Supreme Court Justice inspires philosophical discussion
April 16, 2024 —
The Faculty of Law was pleased to welcome The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, to visit with law students on March 28, 2024. Students, professors and legal professionals filled the Moot Courtroom to first hear him give a short lecture on the work of late SCC Justice Ivan Rand regarding Freedom of Expression, and later open the floor to questions facilitated by law students Logan Nadeau (1L), and Talia David (3L).
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Faculty of Law Spring Reception
April 15, 2024 —
The Faculty of Law was pleased to host another successful annual Spring Reception on Tuesday, April 4, 2024, where 11 new Jurists of Robson Hall were honoured, along with the Faculty's three outstanding Alumni.
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Meet the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Young Alumni recipient
April 11, 2024 —
Learn more about Chimwemwe Undi’s journey from student to lawyer to poet laureate