Law News Archive

April 2, 2018 — 
'Saul Cherniack packed a lot of life into his 101 years'

March 29, 2018 — 
The Honourable Douglas Everett [LLB/51, LLD/17], influential entrepreneur, politician, and former senator, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

March 22, 2018 — 
The Criminal Law Group of Robson Hall’s Manitoba Law Students Association hosted author, lawyer and child sexual abuse survivor on March 13, 2018 at the Faculty of Law. Gilhooly was speaking out about criminal justice reform for victims of sexual assault and sharing his story of surviving abuse at the hands of Graham James, the infamous junior hockey coach who has been convicted of abusing former NHL stars.

March 21, 2018 — 
Recognizing the universal need to improve the engagement of students in today’s classrooms, Assistant Professor Virginia Torrie recruited colleagues and students from Robson Hall Faculty of Law to discuss challenges and solutions at a recent workshop hosted by the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL).

March 21, 2018 — 
As coaches, we are extremely proud of our team, Yassir Al-Naji and Ben Johnson, who placed second in the Sopinka Cup Moot Trial Competition held in Ottawa March 16-17, 2018.  In addition, Yassir’s powerful closing submissions - in a Crown case that had almost no merit - earned him the prize for best closing address!

March 14, 2018 — 
Renowned corporate lawyer Jan Lederman [BA/74, LLB/77] is a champion for innovation

February 28, 2018 — 
The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to announce that Senator Murray Sinclair [LL.B./'79] is the recipient of its 2018 President’s Award

February 23, 2018 — 
Law professor David Milward provides some context to a recent CBC story on the trail of Raymond Currie

February 19, 2018 — 
To celebrate the 2018 Olympic Games, we scoured the archives to find alumni who competed over the decades

February 15, 2018 — 
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