Join the Society’s TRC Working Group (TRCWG) for the education session Trauma-Informed Lawyering: What I Wish I Knew – the Lawyer Edition with lawyer and host of the “The Trauma-Informed Lawyer” podcast Myrna McCallum. Thursday, November 17, 2022 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Trauma-informed lawyering is a do-no-further-harm, relational approach to the practice of law that benefits you, your clients, your...

How do wrongful convictions really occur? How do opposing counsel have such opposing views of a matter? And why does the truth sometimes seem so difficult to distill? Answer: cognitive biases. We are designed to organize patterns in our complex, information-filled world, allowing us to be efficient and make rapid decisions with little mental effort....

The legal landscape in Canada raises difficult questions about managing substance use and abuse in the workplace. Arbitrators have considered numerous cannabis-related issues, addressing employer policies regarding the use of medical cannabis by employees in safety-sensitive positions, the obligation of employees to disclose their medical cannabis prescriptions, and the broader legitimacy of workplace drug testing....

The Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Prosecutions Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Wrongful Convictions and Courthouse Libraries B.C. present: "Forensic Fallout: Scientific evidence and the prevention of wrongful convictions". This 2hr panel presentation will feature the following speakers: Linda Rothstein, Partner with Paliare Roland Barristers Caitlin Pakosh, Assistant Crown Attorney and Assistant Professor at the University of...

Target Audience This CPD course is for the Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs), Lawyers, Paralegals, law graduates and students. Learning Objectives By attending this session the participants explore reasons for criminal inadmissibility and potential solutions such as record suspension, rehabilitation, TRP, and ARC. Training Agenda Criminality v serious criminality – 30 minutes Border offences –...

Conceptually, there is a clear distinction between regulatory offences that do not require mens rea and criminal offences that do require mens rea. However, process-wise, this distinction becomes less clear, as there is a wide range of regulatory proceedings that can morph into criminal investigations and, in the end, criminal charges. This course will examine...

Do surroundings and attire really matter that much when appearing in court virtually? Is there a difference in the expectations of counsel in Provincial Court vs. Supreme Court? These are just some of the questions our panel will address in this 1.5hr discussion on court etiquette and professionalism. Our panelists will include: Justice Janet Winteringham...