Robson Hall Report 2011

April 2011 Edition

On The Cover: From top left: Brett Gladstone,
Legal Aid Student, Dean Lorna A. Turnbull,
and Bruce King. From bottom left: Justice Colleen Suche,
Q.C., and, K. Eleanor Wiebe, Q.C

Warm Welcome from Dean Turnbull

I am delighted to be sending you this 2011 edition of the Robson Hall Report, to highlight the important work our graduates, faculty and students are doing in the wider community, both at home and abroad.

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New Legal Help Centre: Aims to Problem Solve Offers Access to Justice

“Making the Law Work for Everyone” is the Legal Help Centre’s motto. Helping disadvantaged members of our community understand and access social and legal rights is its aim.

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Robson Hall Legal Aid Clinic Celebrates 40th Anniversary

It began unspectacularly in the summer of 1970 with a couple of students, a supervisor and a tiny university grant. Its birth was forseen the previous year when Robert Carr (now Mr. Justice Robert Carr) approached Dean Cliff Edwards with the idea of starting something called the Legal Aid Clinic. Because at this time there was no provincial Legal Aid program, this university clinic on campus was “stand alone”, a first.

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Pro Bono Students Canada Residential Schools Project

In 2006, under the coordination of Elizabeth McCandless and Calla Coughlan the Pro Bono Students Canada “Residential Schools Project” gave students the opportunity to visit First Nation communities throughout Manitoba to provide information regarding the Residential Schools Agreement.

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Become a Lawyer – See The World & Make a Difference

Many graduates of Robson Hall have supported international development work in an effort to spread the rule of law and access to justice in less developed parts of the world. Currently Robson Hall is exploring ways to extend these opportunities to students. This pro bono work offers an excellent opportunity for lawyers...

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International Development: One Student’s Perspective

Last year Katrina Broughton, a second year student who is passionate about human rights, social justice and women’s issues, flew to Bangladesh to learn about international development work and gather valuable international experience. Following that, she had planned to go to Togo in July and August, taking part in a human rights legal internship with the Human Rights Commission..

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U.N. Declaration Will Impact Rights Commissions: Promoting the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples

Professor Brenda Gunn, in conjunction with the Indigenous Bar Association, is currently working on a research project to implement the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The U.N. General Assembly passed its...

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Clinical Learning Is One Great Deal

“It’s time for the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic to spread its wings. I’d like to see it offered as its own course – beyond the Art of the Deal – to better prepare students for corporate practice and instill in them a sense of professional responsibility and public obligation."

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