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Labour, Employment & Administrative Law: A Review of 2020-2022 Decisions

3rd Floor, Law Society Building 196-198 Water Street, St. John’s, Canada

Complimentary wine and cheese social to follow at 4:00 – 5:00 pm Seminar Overview:          There were a number of noteworthy developments in labour, employment and administrative law in recent years. This seminar will highlight decisions from Newfoundland and Labrador and other Canadian jurisdictions in 2020, 2021 & 2022. There will also be a discussion regarding...

Labour, Employment & Administrative Law: A Review of 2020 – 2022 Decisions

3rd Floor, Law Society Building 196-198 Water Street, St. John’s, Canada

Place: 3rd Floor, Law Society Building, 196-198 Water Street Seminar Overview There were a number of noteworthy developments in labour, employment and administrative law in recent years. This seminar will highlight decisions from Newfoundland and Labrador and other Canadian jurisdictions in 2020, 2021 & 2022. There will also be a discussion regarding the Vavilov standard...

Limitations Periods: What a Litigator Needs to Know

3rd Floor, Law Society Building 196-198 Water Street, St. John’s, Canada

Place: 3rd Floor, Law Society Building, 196-198 Water Street. Doors open at 12:30 pm. Seminar Overview This seminar will provide a practical overview of the Newfoundland and Labrador limitations scheme for the civil litigator: when limitation periods begin to run, when they stop running, and when they expire; discoverability; procedural considerations and pitfalls; how to...

The ChatGPT Lawyer: Opportunities and Risks of Generative AI for the Legal Profession

Online

The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) in cooperation with University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society is pleased to bring you The ChatGPT Lawyer, a free one-hour webinar discussing the impact of the newest generative AI, ChatGPT, in the legal field. Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has become a phenomenon. Industries...

Free French Webinar – Women in Justice

Online

Register for this free webinar taking place on March 8, International Women's Day. This session will highlight the career paths of women in the legal profession, as well as share experiences, successes, challenges & realities of women in this field. (709) 800-6200 justice@fftnl.ca www.francotnl.ca  

Sentencing Guidance in Canada: Conceptual Trends and Practical Problems

Online

This webinar will examine the Canadian approach to sentencing guidance (both legislative and appellate) as it has shaped up in recent years. The first part of the webinar will be more conceptual and historical, exploring the uniqueness of the Canadian approach, in comparative perspective, and examining the idea of “individualized proportionality”, which has developed as...

Managing Difficult Phone Calls

Online

$44.00 (regular rate) $35.00 (*early rate) Trainer Christina Reimer Location: Online Virtual *early rate expires 02/24/2023 1 Continuing Education Credit Hours (CEC) Handling difficult interactions on the phone is a challenging task, especially if the caller is in a heightened state of emotion. For many, the ability to navigate difficult phone conversations with respect and professionalism is...