Type Public law school President Dr. David Barnard Campus Urban Fort Garry Number of students 306 Dean Lorna A. Turnbull | Established 1914 Academic staff 67 Mascot Bison Founded 1885 Parent organization University of Manitoba | |
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Location Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Motto Pueris his dedit Deus scientiam (And to these children God gave knowledge (Daniel 1:17)) Similar University of Manitoba, University of New Brunswic, University of Calgary Faculty of, University of Ottawa Faculty of, Osgoode Hall Law School | ||
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, Manitoba, Canada.
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Robson Hall currently offers J.D. (Juris Doctor) and a limited enrolment LL.M. (Master of Laws) programs. The latter 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 was locally known for its advocacy component, which, like most law schools, included several required and optional courses in legal advocacy, as well as a number of mooting opportunities throughout the degree program. It now enjoys a reputation as a social justice institution, as a critical law school and has shifted focus over the last several years from being practitioner-oriented to being a scholarly centre of legal learning with a high density of liberal feminist professorate on staff. The school has won thirteen Western Canada Moot Trial Competitions, and has, on occasion, placed at national moot competitions.
Robson Hall is 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 Centre 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.
Robson Hall is also home to the Legal Research Institute, funded by the Law Foundation of Manitoba, which was created to dole out research funding and grants, as well as to engage in various research projects; it almost exclusively awards monies to Robson Faculty.