Past Events

November 4, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Careers in Legal Research and the LLM program at UM Law (joint meeting with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law)

June 10, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Great Library): Manitoba Law Library: Beyond loose-leafs and databases

May 7, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Plain language Drafting

March 14, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Robson Hall): Careers in Legal Research

March 5, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Accessible Websites (Joint meeting with the Equality Section)

February 7, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Expert Witnesses (Joint meeting with Civil Litigation Section)

November 7, 2023, 12:00 Noon (450 Broadway): Legislative Library Information Session

June 22, 2023, 1:00pm (444 St. Mary Avenue): Creating Highly Persuasive Trial Graphics - Showing the Finder of Fact Why You Win

May 5, 2023, Noon (444 St. Mary Avenue): Legal Writing Seminar (Joint meeting with the Young Lawyers' Section)

April 13, 2023, Noon (Webinar): Legal Research and Municipal Law: The City of Winnipeg

December 14, 2022, 5:00pm (Across the Board Cafe): Annual Holiday Party

October 4, 2022, 12:00 Noon (The Great Library): Legal Research in the Great Library

May 31, 2022, 5:30pm: Annual Wind-Up - Transitioning from Legal Practice to Family Court Justice

May 9, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Legal Research and Practice Tips for Mediations and Informal Proceedings in the Labour and Employment Law Context (Joint meeting with ADR Section & Labour & Employment Law Section)

April 27, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): The Legislative and Regulatory Processes in Manitoba (Joint meeting with Legislation & Law Reform Committee)

December 8, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Finding & Using Archives in Manitoba 

December 1, 2021, 5:30pm (Webinar): Annual Holiday Party: Virtual Escape Room

November 23, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Leveraging social context evidence in legal advocacy

October 15, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Due Diligence: The Transactional Foundation (Joint meeting with the Real Property Section)

June 22, 2021, 5:30pm (Webinar): Annual Year-End Wrap Up: Transitioning from Legal practice to Family Court Justice 

May 5, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Legal Research when appearing before an Administrative Tribunal (Joint meeting with the Administrative Law Section)

April 6, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Legal Research in a Global Pandemic: Experiences and Lessons Learned

March 3, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Researching Indigenous Laws

October 23, 2020, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Open Source Software for Legal Research

October 1, 2020, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Legal Technology and “Innovation” – The Rapidly Changing Practice of Law

June 24, 2020, 5:30pm: Annual Wind-Up

March 4, 2020, 5:30pm (Robson Hall): Research in Manitoba’s Legal Community: Lightning Talks 2020

December 19, 2019, 5:15pm (Get Out Escape Rooms): Annual Holiday Party

November 27, 2019, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Alexsei Webinar

September 9, 2019, 12:00 Noon (The Great Library): Legislative Library Information Session

May 22, 2019, 12:00 Noon (The Great Library): A Conversation about Current Awareness

April 9, 2019, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Building and Maintaining a Precedents Collection 

February 13, 2019, 5:30pm (Robson Hall): Research in Manitoba's Legal Community: Lightning Talks 2019

December 12, 2108, 5:45pm (Next Level Escapes): Annual Holiday Party

November 8, 2018, 12:00 Noon (Robson Hall): Free, Electronic Legal Research Sources 

October 1, 2018, 12:00 Noon (Law Society Classroom): Plagiarism Pitfalls in Legal Research

June 5, 2018, 5:00pm: A Master's Perspective on Legal Research

May 22, 2018, 5:00pm (444 St. Mary Avenue): Second Annual Board Game Night

April 9, 2018, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): A Judge's Perspective on Research & Adovacy Tips

March 27, 2018, 12:00 Noon (Law Society Classroom): Law Reform and Consultation

March 1, 2018, 12:00 Noon (Robson Hall): Value of a LL.M. Degree

February 7, 2018, 12:00 Noon (Great Library): Tour and how to - Great Library

December 18, 2017, 4:45pm (Codebreakers Escape Rooms): Holiday Party

November 21, 2017, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Introduction to Rangefindr (Joint meeting with Criminal Justice Section)

November 17, 2017, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Predictive Analytics and Legal Research: The Next Wave 

June 14, 2017, 5:00pm: A New Judge's Perspective on Legal Research

April 25, 2017, 5:00pm (Pitblado LLP): Board game night!

March 6, 2017, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Platforms, apps and omnibots - alternative views on the future of legal research

February 9, 2017, 12:00 Noon (Moot Court Room, Robson Hall): There's More to Law than Litigation: The Role of Legal Research

December 14, 2016, 5:00pm (Epic Escape): Annual Holiday Party

November 18, 2016, 12:00 Noon (The Law Courts): Sentencing Research (Joint Meeting with the Criminal Justice Section)

September 22, 2016, 12:00 Noon (Law Society Classroom/ Webinar): Researching American Law

June 2, 2016, 5:00pm: Seasonal Wrap-Up Patio Party

March 29, 2016, 12:00 Noon (Law Society Classroom): Standards of Review and Jurisdiction in Human Rights Cases

February 8, 2016, 12:00 Noon Central Webinar: How to keep track of freely available legal information with Lexbox

December 9, 2015, 5:00pm (Pitblado): Annual Holiday Party

October 9, 2015, 12:00 Noon (Law Society Classroom): Legal Research Ethics, Professionalism and Practice Management

June 24, 2015, 5:00pm: Year End Wrap-Up

May 21, 2015 12:00 Noon (Law Society of Manitoba): Researching Municipal and First Nations By-Laws

April 20, 2014 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Locating Unreported Court and Tribunal Decisions

December 16, 2014, 12:00 Noon (Pitblado LLP): Annual Holiday Party

November 28, 2014, 12:00 Noon (Law Society): Empirical Research and the Practice of Law

September 22, 2014, 12:00 Noon (Law Society of Manitoba/Webinar): Insights on Modern Research Practices

June 25, 2014, 4:30pm: Citation Rules!