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Winnipeg Free Press: Restorative justice hangs in the balance

November 29, 2024 —

The Bill C-40 commission is expected to offer one approach to addressing wrongful convictions, but legal experts point to other steps that could improve the system.

Brandon Trask, an assistant professor of law at the University of Manitoba who runs the university’s Rights Clinic, says his major concern is political influence creeping into the justice system and impacting wrongful convictions.

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Bill C-40, Brandon Trask, restorative justice, wrongful convictions

Learning from professionals

On December 4 and 5, 2024, law students from the University of Manitoba Community Law Centre and the Criminal Law Group participated in the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba [CDLAM] annual conference. As a professional association representing the interests of Manitoba criminal defence lawyers, CDLAM brings together lawyers, law students and other justice system participants to reflect on the last year in criminal law, explore emerging issues, and call attention to the unique professional challenges of criminal defence lawyering.

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The odd little table covered with monitors, bending arms and cables in the northwest corner of Robson Hall's MLT Aikins Classroom (room 206) is - a podcast studio. The only one of its kind thus far on the Fort Garry Campus, it is intended to be used by the Faculty of Law for a variety of innovative and dynamic teaching and learning situations. Added by MLT Aikins LLP as a continuation of upgrades the western Canadian law firm has sponsored in room 206 at Robson Hall, the studio was completed late fall, 2024.