Registration Now Open: Public Interest Law Conference

Making Rights Matter Poster and Registration

Registration is now open for the “Making Rights Matter” public interest advocacy conference, taking place on May 30, 2025.

Throughout the day, you’ll have the chance to attend various panels and keynote presentations led by legal practitioners and advocates in the field. Topics will include the use of evidence in public interest advocacy,  multi-tool campaigns and public interest remedies to systemic problems. The keynote speaker will be Professor Margot Young, an expert on constitutional and social justice law from University of British Columbia. Contributor to the paper collection Litigating Equality and co-editor to the  collection Poverty: Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activism, Professor Young was also Co-Principal Investigator of the Housing Justice Project. She will speak about the strengths and pitfalls of public interest litigation. Registration for this event is free, however, donations are being graciously accepted at: legalaid.mb.ca/pilc/donate. Please register at mrm-conference.eventbrite.ca.