Robson Hall (Faculty of Law - University of Manitoba)

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name = Robson Hall (Faculty of Law - University of Manitoba)
motto = "Pueris his dedit Deus scientiam" (And to these children God gave knowledge(Daniel 1:17))
established = 1885
type = Public law school
dean = Christopher Axworthy
president = Dr. David Barnard
city = Winnipeg
state = Manitoba
country = Canada
undergrad = 101
postgrad = 0-10
staff=
campus = Urban Fort Garry
endowment =
mascot = Bison
free_label = Sports team
free = Manitoba Bisons
affiliation = non-denominational
affiliations = AUCC, IAU,CIS,CVU, UArctic, ACU, CWUAA
website= [http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/info.php www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/info.php]

The University of Manitoba's faculty of law, also known as Robson Hall, is located on the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.

History

"The University of Manitoba first became involved in legal education in 1885 when it established a three-year course of studies leading to the LL.B. degree. This course did not include instruction; it simply prescribed a reading program, with three annual examinations, which articled law students could follow concurrently with the course prescribed by the Law Society. For the next quarter century roughly, the pattern of legal education in Manitoba changed very little. Small alterations were made from time to time, but the basic method of education continued to be apprenticeship supplemented by private study. In the years 1911-12 the Law Society was prompted by the Law Students Association to provide a short series of lectures. In 1913, H. A. Robson, then Manitoba's Public Utilities Commissioner and a former judge of the Court of King's Bench, organized a considerably improved course of lectures and began to lay the plans for the establishment in the following year of a permanent law school modeled after the Osgoode Hall Law School of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

The Manitoba Law School was jointly sponsored by The University of Manitoba and the Law Society of Manitoba; both bodies took part in the planning from the beginning. In the summer of 1914 they entered into an agreement, subsequently endorsed by legislation, which provided for the creation of the School, offering a three-year course consisting of lectures and apprenticeship leading to both an LL.B. degree and a call to the Bar and admission to practice. Expenses of the school were shared equally by the two parent bodies, and its operations were supervised by a jointly appointed Board of Trustees. This arrangement between The University of Manitoba and the Law Society of Manitoba continued until 1966 when the Law School became the Faculty of Law of the University of Manitoba.

In 1962 a series of events commenced which led to the adoption by the Law Society of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba and their Board of Trustees of the Manitoba Law School of a scheme whereby the Law School would reconvert to a three-year course of full-time study and whereby the Manitoba Law School would be phased out of existence by the summer of 1966, its place to be taken by a faculty of law of The University of Manitoba." [http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/info.php U of M: Faculty of Law - Introduction & Programs ] ]

Programs

Robson Hall currently offers LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) and LL.M. (Master of Laws) programs. The latter degree program was brought into existence in 1949 by the Manitoba Law School and it was substantially revamped by the Faculty of Law in 1968. Robson Hall is renowned for its strong advocacy component, which includes several required and optional courses in legal advocacy, as well as a number of mooting opportunities throughout the degree program. The school has won thirteen of the past thirty one Western Canada Moot Trial Competitions, and consistently places at the top of national moot competitions.

Robson Hall is also home to the Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law. The Centre was formed with a mandate to "integrate the disciplines of law, business and the humanities as they apply to family-controlled and other private enterprises, the principal foundation of all economic activity in Canada. The focus on private enterprise, rather than public corporations, and a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding business people, as well as their businesses, makes the Centre unique for a Canadian law school." [http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/desautels_centre.php University of Manitoba: Faculty of Law ] ] The Center provides academic programs that allow students to be trained with the necessary skills to provide well-rounded legal representation and advice to a variety of private businesses.

Admissions

The Law Faculty's application deadline is November 1st of each year. The school accepts 101 students for entry into the LL.B. program each year. The admissions policy of the school is strictly numbers-based for regular applicants (a formula based on GPA and LSAT scores). [ [http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/faq.php University of Manitoba: Faculty of Law ] ]

Research & Publications

Robson Hall publishes two peer reviewed legal journals: the "Manitoba Law Journal" and the "Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law". It also publishes a legislative review journal entitled "Underneath the Golden Boy".

Robson Hall is also home to the Legal Research Institute, which was created to obtain research funding and grants, as well as engage in various research projects. [ [http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/research.php?page=lri University of Manitoba: Faculty of Law ] ] In addition, the Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law promotes research with the aim of integrating the disciplines of law, business and the humanities as they apply to family-controlled and other private enterprises.

Robson Hall faculty members also publish books, book chapters, and journal articles around the world.

Notable & Recent Faculty Publications

Books (Authored)

Philip H. Osborne. "The Law of Torts, 3d ed." (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007).

Roland Penner. "A Glowing Dream: A Memoir" (Winnipeg: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 2007).

Michelle Gallant. "Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime: Economic Crime and Civil Remedies" (Northampton, MA: E. Elgar, 2005).

Alvin A.J. Esau. "The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes" (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004).

Barney Sneiderman, John C. Irvine, & Philip H. Osborne. "Canadian Medical Law: An Introduction for Physicians, Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals, 3d ed." (Scarborough, ON: Carswell, 2003).

Lorna A. Turnbull. "Double Jeopardy: Motherwork and the Law" (Toronto: Sumach Press, 2001).

Bruce A. MacFarlane, Robert J. Frater & Chantal Proulx. "Drug Offences in Canada, 3d ed." (Aurora, ON: Canada Law Book, 1996).

Books (Edited)

Stéphane Beaulac, Stephen G.A. Pitel & Jennifer L. Schulz eds. "The Joy of Torts" (Markham, ON: Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2003).

DeLloyd J. Guth & W. Wesley Pue. eds. "Canada's Legal Inheritances" (Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, 2001).

DeLloyd J. Guth ed. "Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990" (Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, 2000).

Faculty

Current Faculty

* Christopher Axworthy, Q.C. (Dean)
* Dr. Lorna Turnbull (Associate Dean - LL.B. Program)
* Dr. Michelle M. Gallant (Associate Dean - Research & Graduate Studies)
* Karen Busby
* David Deutscher
* Alvin Esau
* Lisa K. Fainstein
* Dr. DeLloyd Guth
* Dr. Gerald Heckman
* Vivian Hilder
* John Irvine
* Bruce MacFarlane, Q.C. (Professional in Residence)
* Darcy MacPherson
* Anne McGillivray
* Gerry Nemiroff
* Philip H. Osborne
* Dr. Evaristus Oshionebo
* Debra Parkes
* Roland Penner, C.M., Q.C.,
* John Pozios (Director, Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise & the Law)
* Dr. Jennifer L. Schulz
* Dr. Bryan Schwartz (Asper Chair in International Business and Trade Law)
* Harvey Sector
* Mary Shariff
* Wendy Whitecloud

Retired & Emeritus Faculty

* Cameron Harvey, Q.C. (Chair, Manitoba Law Reform Commission)
* Clifford H. Edwards, C.M., Q.C.
* Trevor Anderson, Q.C.
* Dale Gibson, Q.C.
* Arthur E. Braid, C.M., Q.C.

ee also

* List of law schools in Canada

External

* [http://www.canlii.org/ CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute]
* [http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/info.php University of Manitoba: Faculty of Law]

References