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Faculty of Law
Learning from teaching: Dr. Opeyemi Bello joins Faculty of Law
January 9, 2025 —
There’s a new instructor in Robson Hall’s classrooms this term. Law students and faculty at the University of Manitoba welcome Dr. Opeyemi Bello, who teaches Commercial Law, Contracts, and Labour-Management Relations. He also brings to the Faculty of Law, a research specialization on the intricate political dynamics of international tax cooperation and the challenges that developing countries encounter in negotiating international tax agreements.

Faculty of Law
Policing the Police
November 18, 2024 —
Ancillary Police Powers in Canada: A Critical Assessment, co-authored by John Burchill, practicing professional instructor, and Dr. Richard Jochelson, Dean of Law, was released by UBC Press on October 15, 2024. Written in collaboration with legal scholars Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Terry Skolnik, the book critically examines the legal and social dimensions of ancillary police powers in Canada.

Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law class publishes Sports Law magazine, Robson Rundown
June 26, 2024 —
Knowing that their class assignments would be published in a glossy magazine to be read by all at the end of the year was a brilliant way for Assistant Professor Martine Dennie to get her Sports Law class students to step up to the plate and deliver their best.