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SUMMARY:Seminar in Administrative Law: Dealing Effectively with Judicial Review
DESCRIPTION:Session By: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice\nLocation: In Person: Montreal\, QC\n\n\nCOVID-19 \nParticipation in this program is approved under Section 41 (1) of the Judges Act. \nCo-Chairs \n\nThe Honourable Justice Mary J.L. Gleason\, Federal Court of Appeal\nThe Honourable Justice Freya Kristjanson\, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)\n\nOverview \nThis biennial program\, offered jointly by the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and the National Judicial Institute\, is designed to familiarize trial judges with principles and practices relating to applications for judicial review. The program will develop a framework for dealing with such applications that will allow individual judges to deal with judicial reviews both systematically and effectively. \nRegistration \nPlease contact the Project Manager of Judicial Programs\, Vicki Gondek\, CMP\nTel.: 514-731-2855\, extension 6\nEmail: vicki.gondek@ciaj-icaj.ca \n\nCOVID-19 Requirements \nTo protect everyone’s health\, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice asks participants\, CIAJ staff\, faculty members and speakers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they benefit from a recognized medical exemption. This requirement is in addition to any restrictions or vaccination requirements that may be in force in the jurisdiction or at the venue where the event is being held. Masks are strongly recommended.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/seminar-in-administrative-law-dealing-effectively-with-judicial-review/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:The 2023 Osgoode Intensive Program in Wills & Estates
DESCRIPTION:Advance your wills and estates practice with the Osgoode Intensive Program in Wills & Estates. \nChoose a curated and comprehensive program package of essential topics\, or fill gaps in specific areas with separately available modules. \nThis unique intensive program\, designed and delivered by leading experts\, will give you the critical knowledge and skills you need to enhance your practice rapidly. You will develop or deepen your understanding essential areas\, gain insight into potential pitfalls and how to avoid them\, and participate in valuable skills practice exercises. \nComplete all courses over a two-year period and receive a Certificate of Completion of the Intensive Program. \n\nRegistration includes 120-day unlimited\, online access to the recorded program for most programs \n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Learn \nGain an understanding of key topics and practice valuable skills that will allow you to succeed as a practitioner in the area of wills and estates. Modules include: \n\n\n\n\n\nEstate Planning and Administration\nTaxation in Wills & Estates\nIntensive Skills Workshop: Will Drafting\nManaging Consent & Capacity Issues in Wills & Estates Practice\nPassing of Accounts & Fiduciary Accounting\nPowers of Attorney and Guardianship: Non-contentious and Contentious Matters\n\n\n\nAlthough not required\, it is recommended to take the courses above in the order that they are offered. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for all programs and gain access to the Wills & Estates 101: Online Webinar Series – Available online anytime \nNote: Viewing of all three Online Webinar Sessions are required to complete the Intensive Program; it is recommended that these are completed prior to the other programs listed \nEstate Planning\, Review & Execution: Key Concepts and Practice Essentials \n\nEstate Planning\, Review & Execution: Key Concepts and Practice Essentials\nDrafting the Retainer and Will: Tips for Protecting your Client\, the Will and You!\nEstate Litigation for the Non-Litigator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCertificate of Program Completion \nAll programs above must be completed within a two-year period. \nSpace is strictly limited in each program to ensure an engaging learning experience. Register now to secure your place in the programs of your choice. \nWhen you have completed all the programs listed above\, please contact cle@osgoode.yorku.ca to request your Certificate of Completion. \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend \n\n\n\n\nLawyers practicing or wishing to practice in wills and estates
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/the-2023-osgoode-intensive-program-in-wills-estates/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
ORGANIZER;CN="Osgood Law School":MAILTO:obarich@osgoode.yorku.ca
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SUMMARY:Research Trends & Best Practices Webinar - Westlaw Canada
DESCRIPTION:Live Event Date: February 8\, 2023\nLive Event Time: 2:00 PM EST\nHosted by Thomson Reuters\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharpen your legal research skills in this 45-minute master class. Learn from Reference Librarian\, Hannah Steeves\, how understanding physical materials can anchor your understanding of and proficiency with digital tools. Then have product experts walk you through how to research faster and more efficiently with Westlaw Canada’s exclusive finding tools\, such as the Canadian Abridgment on Westlaw. This webinar takes you beyond the basics and provides insight into best practices.\n\nWho should attend this webinar? This webinar is suitable for new legal researchers\, people in teaching/training roles\, as well as experienced legal researchers looking to advance their skills and understanding of legal research tools.\n\nTopics:\n\nPhysical to Digital: Using physical materials to understand digital tools\n\nThe digitalization of legal research\nUsing physical materials to understand digital tools\nResponsibilities of researchers and legal research providers\n\nEffectively leveraging legal research tools\, including:\n\nThe Canadian Abridgment Online\nLegal Topics\nKeyCite\nIndex to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL)\nWords and Phrases/Defined Terms\n\nImproving access to secondary source content through technology
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/research-trends-best-practices-webinar-westlaw-canada/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Canadian Securities Law and Practice
DESCRIPTION:Offered by: Osgoode School of Law \nCanadian securities law is complex and rapidly evolving. Get the essential and up-to-date knowledge you need to competently and confidently practice in this area. \nSecurities law is a demanding field. To survive and thrive\, you must be on top of the fundamentals as well as the panoply of rules\, regulations\, regulators\, and industry players and how they interact. Staying current and continuing to hone your skills and knowledge is a necessity. \nIf your work involves financial securities\, you need to have a wide and deep understanding of the complex framework of rules\, regulations\, instruments\, and procedures in which they operate. This OsgoodePD intensive course is your opportunity to receive vital and practical knowledge of the fundamentals of current Canadian securities law and practice from the leading practitioners and leaders in the field. Build your skills to deliver results for your clients and organizations. \n\n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Learn \n\nUnderstanding the principal elements of securities regulation across Canada\nUnderstanding the principal elements of securities regulation across Canada\nReviewing the key elements of public offerings\nLearning the exemption criteria for private placements across Canada\nAnalyzing the current and emerging trends in securities litigation and enforcement\nPreparing the documentation for public offerings and private placements\nTackling what you need to know in public mergers and acquisitions – arrangements and new rules for takeover bids\nComprehending corporate governance essentials and best practices for public companies in the securities context\nAddressing ethics and professionalism issues in securities law practice\nSynthesizing the key basics of securities registration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend \n\n\n\n\n\nJunior and mid-level associates practicing in corporate and securities law\nLawyers who want to develop their securities law expertise\nNon-lawyers who need to understand the legal and regulatory regime for securities as part of their job\nRegulators\nInvestment dealers and advisors\nCorporate executives\nFinance officers\nCivil litigators who practice securities litigation
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/canadian-securities-law-and-practice/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
ORGANIZER;CN="Osgood Law School":MAILTO:obarich@osgoode.yorku.ca
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SUMMARY:Newfoundland IJP Regional Gathering
DESCRIPTION:This event is for Restorative Justice practitioners and other community stakeholders. The goal of this event is to increase awareness of Indigenous Justice programming in Newfoundland and Labrador as well as examine best practices and other programming throughout the Atlantic region. The sharing of this information will be done through a culturally relevant lens.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/newfoundland-ijp-regional-gathering/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Commercial Arbitration 2023
DESCRIPTION:Practice tips and hot topics under BC’s new Arbitration Act! \nOffered By\nCLE BC \nThursday\, February 23\, 2023\n9:00 am – 4:00 pm\nvia webinar only \nCan’t make the webinar or rebroadcasts?\nWant online CPD available 24/7?\n\nSubscribe to Courses On Demand\, our comprehensive online resource with 1\,500+ videos and 5\,400+ papers from CLEBC courses. This course will be added to Courses on Demand approximately 30 days from the original course date. \nWho should attend: Litigation counsel\, in-house counsel\, and corporate solicitors—at all levels of experience \nLearning level: All levels \nJoin experienced panels of arbitration counsel and arbitrators to tackle the tough questions. Does arbitration suit the case? How do you maximize the chances of an expeditious\, cost-effective\, and confidential arbitration process? How do you get or resist a stay of court proceedings in favour of arbitration? What has BC’s new Arbitration Act\, which came into force in September 2020\, meant for challenges to arbitral awards\, enforcing arbitral awards\, and arbitral process? \nJoin us in discussing arbitration practice as it’s evolved under the new legislation and the hot topics that you need to know about. Whether you are new to arbitration or a seasoned pro\, this content-packed course will be of interest. \nLaw Society of BC CPD Hours: 5 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics\, client care and relations\, and/or practice management) \nCourse Chair\nLudmila B. Herbst\, KC — Farris LLP\, Vancouver \n\n\n\nPricing\nEARLY BIRD \nRegister by Jan. 26/23\nRegular Price\nAfter Jan. 26/23\n\n\n\n\nLive Webinar\n$410   $369\n$479   $410\n\n\nLive Webinar Articled Student\n$238.50   $205\n$238.50   $205\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you an Indigenous lawyer or community member?\nClick here for special pricing.\n \nDo you need financial assistance?\nClick here for bursary information. \nExperiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19?\nYou may be eligible for further reductions in our course prices.\nPlease contact Customer Service for more information. \nRegistration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.\n\n\n\nJust want the materials from the course?\nSubscribe to Online Course Materials and access 5\,400+ papers produced for CLEBC courses since 2001. \nWant to register for a course now\, but prefer a monthly payment plan?\nCheck out our Easy Pay Plan. \nCLEBC Program Lawyer*\nRaymond Lee\nrlee@cle.bc.ca\n*non-practising
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/commercial-arbitration-2023/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
ORGANIZER;CN="Continuing Legal Education":MAILTO:cle@lawsociety.nf.ca
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SUMMARY:Ransomware Rises: Practical Techniques to Reduce Risk (free session) by St. John's KnowledgeNet Chapter
DESCRIPTION:Please join the St. John’s KnowledgeNet Chapter for Ransomware Rises: Practical techniques to reduce risk on Thursday February 23\, 2023\, 12:30 to 2:30 NL time. This free virtual session is open to all – you do not need to be an IAPP member – but you do need to register via the IAPP website to receive your invitation and meeting link: https://iapp.org/store/knowledgenets/a0l1P00000ErFezQAF/ \nThis session employs a hypothetical case study that will explore the unfortunate story of a smaller public sector health organization that suffers a serious ransomware attack. Attendees will review their practices\, find the gaps and offer practical solutions and techniques to reduce risk. Checklists and a control placemat designed for small organizations to evaluate their programs will be provided. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss concerns faced at their organizations and solutions they’ve developed to improve privacy maturity. Participation is highly encouraged! \nThis is an interactive presentation featuring Aron Feuer and Sukhpreet Singh: \n\nAron Feuer is the managing director of cybersecurity at Valencia. Before cybersecurity\, he earned a degree in behavioural science\, and worked as a stockbroker in Toronto. He started Cygnos IT Security as head hacker and sold the firm to Grant Thornton in 2012 where he was Vice President of Privacy and Security. In 2015 he founded Valencia IIP Advisors Limited which specializes in cybersecurity\, privacy\, and cloud.\n\nAron’s work is with the federal government\, cities\, provinces\, fortune firms\, national retailers. He’s responded to hacks by anonymous\, run federal classified security projects\, and hundreds of penetration tests\, risk assessments\, simulations incident response work. \nAron sits on Algonquin College’s Cybersecurity Advisory Board. With Kris Klein\, he authored “Canadian Privacy: Data Protection Law and Policy for the Practitioner”. He presents every few weeks to boards\, city managers\, health care organizations\, and security events. He’s been on CBC\, Global\, CTV news in his capacity as a cybersecurity subject matter expert. His certifications include CISSP\, CISA\, CRISC\, CRMA\, CDPSE and CIPP/C\, MCSE. \n\nSukhpreet Singh is an intermediate privacy risk analyst at Valencia. Before this\, he was a public servant at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Transport Canada. There he worked on developing robust privacy management programs and completing PIA’s. He joined Valencia in 2022 and specializes in privacy\, data governance and policy development.\n\nSukhpreet works with federal institutions\, municipalities\, provincial authorities\, national retailers and tech firms. He has investigated privacy breaches\, reviewed classified government programs vis a vis PIAs and constantly works with clients to update their incident response or program policies to remain risk averse. \nSukhpreet is an active alumnus of the School of Public Policy at York University\, where he is also completing his Masters in Public Administration\, Policy and Law. He regularly collaborates with the school to engage students on career development and industry trends\, to support the next generation of public servant graduates.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/ransomware-rises-practical-techniques-to-reduce-risk-free-session-by-st-johns-knowledgenet-chapter/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:The Role of Civil Society Organizations and Academia in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation Webinar - Public Safety Canada Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Public Safety Canada is hosting a series of webinars to raise awareness and promote knowledge sharing about the crime of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) amongst partners and stakeholders across Canada. \nFriday February 24\, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm EST | Via Zoom \nWebinar 3: The Role of Civil Society Organizations and Academia in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation. \nTargeted participants: All levels of Canadian law enforcement professionals and other relevant partners and stakeholders addressing Online Child Sexual Exploitation. \nPresentations \n\nTackling online child sexual exploitation: A programme of research and innovation\n\nSimon Bailey \, Chair\, Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER)\, Anglia Ruskin\nUniversity\, Cambridge\, England. \n\nLeaving no one behind – taking stock at the latest development in the area of sexual exploitation of children\n\nGuillaume Landry \, Executive Director\, ECPAT International \n\nTrajectories and offending patterns of men who use the Internet to sexually exploit children and adolescents\n\nSarah Paquette\, PhD\, Sexual Offenses Specialist\, Sexual Offenders Coordination Division\, Sûreté du Québec\, Canada. \nPlease email lauren.vantellingen@hkstrategies.ca if you have any questions about registration. \nPlease click here to view the full notice in English and French.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/combatting-online-child-sexual-exploitation-webinar-public-safety-canada-webinar-series/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Free Webinar - Cybersecurity Threats and How You Can Protect Yourself
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Overview \nThis seminar will look at cybersecurity from both the point of view of the attacker and the victim. It will examine the types of attackers and their motives\, social engineering campaigns\, and tools used by hackers to steal credentials\, breach data\, and reach their objectives. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the cyberattack lifecycle and how to create protocols to protect their staff and data from attacks. \nJordan Emberley – Vault Cybersecurity \nJordan is an ethical hacker\, system analyst\, and owner of Vault Cybersecurity. Jordan and his team protect businesses from cyberattacks and data loss. Protection from cyber threats begins with training staff to be aware of social engineering campaigns and learn how to identify them quickly. \nRegistration Fee: No Fee \nPlease click here to register for this seminar. \nCPD Credit: 1 hour
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/free-webinar-cybersecurity-threats-and-how-you-can-protect-yourself/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
ORGANIZER;CN="Law Society of Newfoundland & Labrador":MAILTO:churley@lsnl.ca
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SUMMARY:Promoting Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion in Legal Workplaces - The Canadian Bar Association
DESCRIPTION:Offered By\nThe Canadian Bar Association. \nThis program discusses some of the steps that law firms and other legal workplaces are taking to promote equity\, diversity and inclusion in the field of labour and employment law. Join our panel of experienced management-side\, employee-side and investigation counsel and learn more about best practices for recruitment\, retention and advancement and other important initiatives to support a diverse and inclusive workplace culture and to combat systemic discrimination. \nRegister now for this complimentary law student and young lawyer focused event organized in conjunction with the Labour & Employment Law Society (LELS) at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law\, Toronto Metropolitan University. The LELS is a student-run organization. \nProgram Chairs \n\nOksana Romanov\, JD Candidate 2023\, Lincoln Alexander School of Law\nRalisa Saywack\, JD Candidate 2023\, Lincoln Alexander School of Law\n\nProgram Speakers \n\nMiguel Mangalindan\, Monkhouse Law\nJanina Fogels\, Mortimer Khoraych\nKhalfan Khalfan\, Stikeman Elliott LLP\n\nProgram Details\nDate: Tuesday\, February 28\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webcast Program (ET) \nProgram Price\nCBA Member: Complimentary | CBA Student Member: Complimentary | Non-Member: $107* \n*plus applicable taxes \nRegister
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/promoting-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-in-legal-workplaces-the-canadian-bar-association/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development
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