Learn at Lunch Program at the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba 2020-2021
The Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba presents a series of Learn at Lunch sessions for all judges of the Court. The Learn at Lunch Program is designed to bring in guest speakers to deliver presentations on a variety of topics.
Number of Participants: 35
Overview
The Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba presents a series of Learn at Lunch sessions for all judges of the Court. The Learn at Lunch Program is designed to bring in guest speakers to deliver presentations on a variety of topics.
Objectives
The objective of these training sessions is to give judges an opportunity to develop a better understanding of a specific topic, and to learn about relevant social context issues and developments in the law.
Summary
The Learn at Lunch sessions between April 2020 – March 2021 included the following: Bill C-78 Divorce Act amendments; Protection Orders under Manitoba’s Domestic Violence and Stalking Act and Protection Order Set Aside Hearings; Security for the Court; The Law Society of Manitoba’s proposal for expanding the scope of legal services a non-lawyer may provide in the area of family law; A report of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Health Policy entitled “Manitoba’s Cross-Over Kids: Overlap between the Child Welfare and Youth Justice Systems”; and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Law.