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Past Events

October 30, 2025, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): 2025 Access to Justice Week session - Sentencing Circles, Gladue and IRCA Reports (Joint session with Law Society of Manitoba and University of Manitoba – Faculty of Law

October 8, 2025, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation 

June 26, 2025, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Top 10 Appellate Cases in the Last Year

June 10, 2025, 5:00pm (Hybrid): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

February 27, 2025, 5:00pm (Robson Hall): Criminal Law Student Mixer at Robson Hall

February 26, 2025, 11:30am (Law Courts): Appeals Procedure 101

October 30, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Victim Impact and Community Impact Statements (joint meeting with the Law Society of Manitoba and University of Manitoba Faculty of Law)

June 11, 2024, 5:00pm (Hybrid): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

June 6, 2024, 12:00 (Webinar): Top 10 Appellate Cases in the Last Year

April 17, 2024, 12:00 Noon (Hybrid): Everybody Loses – The Canadian Sexual Assault Trial 

November 14, 2023, 12:00 (Hybrid): “Interrogators Often Use Honey, Not Vinegar, in Pursuit of the Truth”: The Constitutional Right to Silence and Undercover Operations in Detention

September 14, 2023 (Webinar): Immigration Consequences in Sentencing

September 12, 2023 (Webinar): Best Practices in Custody Calls

June 14, 2023, 5:00pm (Hybrid): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

June 1, 2023, 12:00 Noon (Hybrid): Legal Aid Manitoba Tips and Advice for Building a Criminal Practice      

May 19, 2023, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Updates

February 23, 2023, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Data Privacy in Criminal Law

October 19, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Expert Evidence – Risks and Challenges for the Litigator

September 22, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Immigration Consequences in Criminal Law (Joint meeting with Child & Youth Law Section)

June 24, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by Indigenous Women

June 21, 2022, 4:00pm (Webinar/The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

June 20, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity

April 25, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): The Gladue Principles : Doctorin Roots and New Growth 

February 14, 2022, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Marie Hennin: Nothing But the Truth

November 15, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Extradition

October 27, 2021, 4:30pm (Webinar): Articling in Criminal Law ... What Do You Need to Know?

June 8, 2021, 5:00pm (Webinar): Welcome to the Practive of Criminal Law

June 8, 2021, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): Top Supreme Court/Court of Appeal Cases for 2020/2021

December 14, 2020, 12:00 Noon (Webinar): s.24(1) – An Overview for the Criminal Law Practitioner (Joint meeting with the Constitutional/Human Rights Law Section)

June 12, 2019, 4:00pm (The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

May 1, 2019, 4:30pm (The Law Courts): Sentencing Basics (Joint Meeting with Young Lawyers' Section)

June 7, 2018, 4:30pm (444 St. Mary Avenue): Forensic Biology and DNA Evidence (Joint meeting with Constitutional/Human Rights Section)

June 6, 2018, 4:30pm (The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

May 4, 2018, 12:00 Noon (444 St. Mary Avenue): Top Supreme Court/Court of Appeal cases for 2017-18

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

June 12, 2017, 4:00pm (The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

June 9, 2017, 12:00 Noon (444 St. Mary Avenue): Top Supreme Court/Court of Appeal Cases for 2016-17

March 14, 2017, 12:00 Noon (The Law Courts): R v Jordan: A panel discussion on delay in the context of criminal proceedings and section 11 of the Charter (Joint Meeting with the Equality Issues Section)

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

June 7, 2016, 4:00pm (The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

May 5, 2016, 12:00 Noon (Law Society Classroom): Top Supreme Court/ Court of Appeal cases for 2015-16

December 11, 2015, 12:00 Noon (444 St. Mary Avenue): The Manitoba Review Board: NCR and Unfit Accused

June 23, 2015, 4:00pm (The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

June 15, 2015, 12:00 Noon (444 St. Mary Avenue): Carter vs Carter: Physician Assisted Death (Joint Meeting with Health Law Section)

May 5, 2015, 12:00 Noon (The Law Courts): Technology, Stalking and Domestic Violence

March 18, 2015, 5:00pm (444 St. Mary Avenue): Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada (Joint Meeting with the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association (Manitoba) )

March 3, 2015, 12:00 Noon (Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP): Respect for Autonomy or Elder Abuse? End of Life Treatment Decisions, Criminal and Civil Consequences (Joint Meeting with Health Law Section)

June 23, 2014, 4:00pm (The Law Courts): Welcome to the Practice of Criminal Law

May 28, 2014, 12:15pm (The Law Courts):  NEW Front End Protocol (eliminates adult out of custody Administrative Courts) and a Review of the Practice Directives

May 26, 2014, 12:00 Noon (The Law Society): Top 5 Criminal Cases for 2013-2014

March 4, 2014, 12:00 Noon (The Law Courts): New Queen’s Bench Criminal Rules