Michelle Gallant News Archive
Research and International
The Conversation: Are governments using proceeds from crime to raise public funds?
June 24, 2024 —
Civil forfeiture regimes that allow governments to seize citizens’ assets, along with unexplained wealth orders — a type of court order that requires people to explain to a judge how they acquired funds — are often described as essential weapons in the battle against money laundering and profitable criminal activity, most notably illegal drug trafficking.
Faculty of Law
UM Faculty of Law student recognized for Philanthropy and the Law research
December 15, 2023 —
For the fourth time in five years, a law student at Robson Hall has won the annual Canadian Bar Association Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section’s student essay-writing contest. Robert Johnstone is a third-year Juris Doctor student whose winning paper was titled “The Secularization of Philanthropy: Examining the Potential Revocation of the Roman Catholic Church’s Charitable Status.”
Faculty of Law
Law professor’s dedication to research garners recognition
August 6, 2021 —
While the pandemic kept the world isolated, Associate Professor Virginia Torrie had an excellent research year in 2020. The result of her output efforts was a well-deserved University of Manitoba 2020 Merit Award.
Faculty of Law
Law Faculty shines light on black women negotiators
March 16, 2021 —
One week after International Women’s Day and a month after Black History Month, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law would like to shine a light on two black, female law students who have achieved success in an area that is a key component of all legal practice — negotiation.
Faculty of Law
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
![Robson Hall alumna Meghan Campbell [LLB/08] (far left) stands with University of Oxford colleagues (from left) Tom Lowenthal (Managing Editor, Oxford Human Rights Hub (OxHRH), DPhil Candidate Oxford University); Sandy Fredman (Director, OxHRH and Rhodes Professor of the Laws of British Commonwealth and the US); Helen Taylor (Research Director, OxHRH, DPhil Candidate Oxford University); Kira Allmann (Communications Director, OxHRH and Post-Doctoral Fellow at Oxford University)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ViceChancellorsDiversityAwards2018byIanWallman-1530-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Human Rights scholar brings lessons learned at Robson Hall to Oxford and beyond
November 8, 2018 —
"My law degree at Robson Hall was pivotal in pursuing an academic career in human rights and gender equality," says Meghan Campbell [LLB/08]
Faculty of Law
Faculty members share research in community
January 26, 2018 —
Robson Hall faculty members have been actively sharing their research in the legal, academic and broader communities.
Faculty of Law
Syrian Refugee Committee succeeds with Robson Hall profs at helm
May 13, 2016 —
On April 24, Professors Mary Shariff and Michelle Gallant received the St. Paul’s College (SPC) Rector’s Medal for their work as co-chairs of the SPC Syrian Refugee Committee.