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SUMMARY:Mental Health in Sentencing: Beyond Mitigation
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Overview\nThe law of sentencing in Canada has—without much fanfare and with too-little commentary—undergone a significant conceptual shift in recent years. Most clearly reflected in the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2023 decision in R v Hills\, Canadian sentencing law has embraced as its lodestar an approach that is best described as “individualized proportionality.” This approach elevates the individual offender’s experience of punishment as the animating concern in arriving at a fit sentence. And though the acceptance and embrace of this approach is clear in the doctrine\, its implications are still to be fully explored. In this talk\, Professor Berger will bring together this new paradigm for sentencing with a perennially difficult problem in sentencing courts: how to deal with the mental illness of the offender. His argument will be that\, given this new approach\, mental health should be relevant to sentencing in ways far more common and fundamental to the determination of just sentences than it has been in the past. It should no longer be approached as a question solely of the responsibility of the offender at the time of the offence; rather\, mental health must now be treated as relevant to sentencing “beyond mitigation.” But so doing\, he will suggest\, has the potential to unsettle the system in interesting and important ways. \nSeminar Presenter\, Benjamin L. Berger\nBenjamin is a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. An award-winning teacher and researcher\, and a prominent voice in the study of criminal law and sentencing in Canada\, he is a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada and held the York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law. He served as law clerk to the Rt. Honourable Beverley McLachlin\, former Chief Justice of Canada\, and holds an LLM and JSD from Yale University\, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Professor Berger has published over 80 academic articles and book chapters on criminal and constitutional law and theory\, the law of evidence\, the law of sentencing\, law and religion\, and legal history. He is the author or editor of eight books\, and his work on sentencing has been extensively cited and relied upon by Canadian courts\, including the Supreme Court of Canada. \nRegistration Fee\n$57.50 ($50.00 + HST) HST # R108086463 \nCPD Credit 1.5 hours \nTo register for this seminar\, please click here.
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/mental-health-in-sentencing-beyond-mitigation/
LOCATION:3rd Floor\, Law Society Building\, 196-198 Water Street\, St. John’s\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development,Law Society
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SUMMARY:Chief Justice Sir Francis Forbes Annual Law Lecture
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URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/chief-justice-sir-francis-forbes-annual-law-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development,Law Society,SS Daisy Legal History Committee
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DTSTART;TZID=America/St_Johns:20260318T140000
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SUMMARY:Current Trends and Emerging Challenges in Immigration Law
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Overview:           \nImmigration law in Canada continues to evolve at a rapid pace. This CPD seminar will provide a timely overview of recent policy and program changes introduced by Immigration\, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and examine their practical implications for applicants\, employers\, and legal practitioners. \nThe session will explore recent adjustments to processing priorities\, program eligibility criteria\, caps and quotas\, compliance measures\, and administrative practices. Particular attention will be given to increasing processing delays\, shifting intake targets\, and the operational realities facing applicants and sponsoring businesses. \nPresenters will also discuss emerging litigation trends\, judicial review activity\, and other legal challenges being mounted in response to recent policy shifts. The seminar will provide insight into how practitioners can effectively advise clients in an environment marked by uncertainty\, backlog pressures\, and heightened scrutiny. \nThis program is designed for lawyers who advise individuals\, families\, and businesses on immigration matters\, as well as those seeking to better understand the broader regulatory and policy landscape shaping immigration practice in Canada. \nSeminar Presenters:  \nLorne Waldman\, Waldman & Associates \nSince 1979 Mr. Waldman has been practicing exclusively in the area of immigration and refugee law.   He obtained his LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1977 and his LLM from the University of Toronto in 2000. He wrote his Master’s Thesis on the relationship between international human rights law and immigration law. \nIn June 2017\, he was named to the Order of Canada for his work defending the rights of refugees and immigrants.  In May 2019 he was awarded the Diane Martin Medal for Social Justice Through Law by Osgoode Hall Law School.  In 2010\, 2015\, and 2016 he was chosen as one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. In 2015 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Bar Association. In 2007 he was awarded the Louis St. Laurent Award by the Canadian Bar Association for his contribution to the legal profession. He was the first President of the Canadian Association of Refuge Lawyers. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. \nHe is the author of Immigration Law and Practice published by Lexis Nexis in 1992 and updated four times a year since then. He has also written several other books on immigration and refugee law including Canada Immigration and Refugee Practice\, an annual book with commentary on immigration and refugee law; The Definition of Convention Refugee Second Edition; and several other texts on immigration and refugee law. \nMr. Waldman has been appointed and remains active on the list of Special Advocate.  He has appeared as an expert witness in Immigration Law at proceedings before the Law Society of Ontario Discipline Tribunal. He has been an adjunct professor at both Osgoode Hall and University of Ottawa Law School where he taught immigration and refugee law and national security law. \nMeghan Felt\, McInnes Cooper \nMeghan is an immigration lawyer in St. John’s. She represents clients on a variety of Canadian immigration issues\, ranging from individuals seeking temporary resident visas\, study permits\, work permits and permanent residency\, to large corporations seeking labour market impact assessments and work permits to hire foreign workers. Meghan has extensive experience with obtaining work permits under the International Mobility Program and other international agreements\, including CUSMA\, CETA and GATS. \nMeghan is a member of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Canadian Bar Association. She is the current Chair of the CBA-NL Citizenship and Immigration Section\, where she also participates in submission drafting and editing in conjunction with the CBA for new developments in immigration law. In addition to her daily practice\, Meghan is involved with the firm’s pro bono program\, offering immigration legal services to individuals in need. \nWell respected in her practice area\, Meghan frequently writes legal knowledge pieces on new developments in immigration legislation and policy\, and regularly provides updates for the Atlantic Province chapters of Thomson Reuters®  Practical Guide to Provincial Nominee Programs in Canadian Immigration Law. Meghan is ranked in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. \nRegistration Fee: $57.50 ($50.00 + HST) HST # R108086463 \nTo register for this seminar\, please click the following here. \n  \nCPD Credit: 2 hours
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/current-trends-and-emerging-challenges-in-immigration-law/
LOCATION:3rd Floor\, Law Society Building\, 196-198 Water Street\, St. John’s\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development,Law Society
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SUMMARY:Real Estate: What is Good Title (Revisited)?
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Overview:           \nIn the long-awaited follow-up to the seminal What is Good Title? seminar delivered in 1990\, this full-day program builds on the Law Society’s 2024 Report of the Ad Hoc Land Titles Committee\, which examined present-day standards and recurring areas of uncertainty in real estate practice in Newfoundland and Labrador. \nThe morning portion of the program will focus on how practitioners get to a root of title in the first place\, with particular attention to possessory title\, Crown grants\, and other established sources of title. Discussion will include practical guidance on evaluating possessory title\, drafting affidavits of possession\, and understanding Crown Lands’ approach to title issues\, as well as the process for advancing a quieting of titles application pursuant to the Quieting of Titles Act. \nThe afternoon will turn to what happens once the root of title has been identified. This portion will explore conveyancing standards\, areas where practice approaches diverge\, and strategies for improving consistency across the bar. Topics are expected to include co-ownership and family land considerations\, municipal issues\, easements\, and other recurring sources of complexity in title review. \nThe final segment of the day will draw together key themes from the earlier sessions in a broader discussion of what constitutes “good title” in practice today\, including how to approach problematic or non-standard title\, and the evolving role of title insurance. The seminar will conclude with a plenary discussion\, providing attendees with an opportunity to engage directly with presenters on practical questions and emerging issues. \nSeminar Presenters:  \nLSNL Land Titles Committee \n\nGregory French (Chair)\, Mills\, Pittman & Twyne\nAdam Baker\, O’Keefe & Sullivan\nBenjamin Blackmore\, Blackmore Law Office\nJonathan Moore\, O’Dea Earle\nKeith Morgan\, Brown Fitzgerald Morgan & Avis\nMarc Cooper\, Marc Cooper Law Office\nHerb Edwards (Department of Justice and Public Safety\, Crown Lands)\n\nRegistration Fee: $230.00 ($200.00 + HST) \nHST # R108086463 \nLunch will be provided for in-person attendees. \nTo register for this seminar\, please click here. \nCPD Credit: 6 hours
URL:https://lsnl.ca/event/real-estate-what-is-good-title-revisited/
LOCATION:3rd Floor\, Law Society Building\, 196-198 Water Street\, St. John’s\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Continuing Professional Development,Law Society
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