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CPD Agenda
This year's Fall Convention will provide an education program that is sure to engage your curiosity and interest. Featuring seasoned practitioners from across Canada discussing national, relevant, practical and pressing issues for litigators of all areas of practice. This is one CPD program you will not want to miss. See the detailed agenda below.
This 2-day program contains 6 CPD hours: 1.0
Professionalism hour and is eligible for up to 5.0 Substantive hours.
Friday, November 3, 2017
| 8:30 am | – | 8:35 am | WELCOME REMARKS |
| 8:35 am | – | 9:10 am | ROLE OF THE COURTS IN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY Justice Cornelia A. Clark, Tennessee Supreme Court Anil Kapoor, Kapoor Barristers Jill R. Presser, Presser Barristers Moderator: Lonny J. Rosen, C.S., Rosen Sunshine LLP |
| 9:10 am | – | 9:50 am | LIGHTINING ROUND – KEY UPDATES Family Law Update Debi I. Conrad, Boyneclark Lawyers LLP Intellectual Property Update Dominique Hussey, Bennett Jones LLP Personal Injury Update Peter W. Kryworuk, Lerners LLP Immigration Law Update Lorne Waldman, Waldman & Associates |
| 9:50 am | – | 10:00 am | NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:00 am | – | 10:35 am | WHISTLEBLOWERS AND REAL TIME LITIGATION ISSUES R. Reena Lalji, CIBC Legal Department Lawrence E. Ritchie, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Laurie M. Robson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Moderator: Deborah E. Palter, Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP |
| 10:35 am | – | 11:10 am | STORYTELLING: INSPIRING CREATIVITY Gary Burr Musician, Songwriter, Producer Jim Photoglo Singer, Songwriter Victoria Shaw Singer, Songwriter |
| 11:10 am | – | 11:30 am | DEBATE: LIMITS ON LAWYER ADVERTISING – PERSPECTIVES FROM TWO JURISDICTIONS Brian S. Faughnan, Lewis Thomason Susan E. Gunter, Dutton Brock LLP Moderator: Dana M. Peebles, McCarthy Tétrault LLP |
| 11:30 am | – | 11:35 am | ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT |
Saturday, November 4, 2017
| 8:30 am | – | 8:35 am | OPENING REMARKS |
| 8:35 am | – | 8:50 am | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING IN CANADA: WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHAT LIES AHEAD Sheila Tucker, Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP |
| 8:50 am | – | 9:40 am | THE IMPACT OF R. v. JORDAN – ACHIEVING TIMELY JUSTICE The Hon. Chief Justice Glenn D. Joyal, Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba The Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond, Stikeman Elliott LLP Eric V. Gottardi, Peck and Company Barristers Ann L. Morgan, Former Deputy Director, Ministry of the Attorney General Anne London-Weinstein, Weinstein Law Moderator: Deborah E. Palter, Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP |
| 9:40 am | – | 10:00 am | THE ADVOCATES’ SOCIETY: INITIATIVES AND INTERVENTIONS Bradley E. Berg, FCIArb, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Megan E. Shortreed, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP |
| 10:00 am | – | 10:15 am | NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:15 am | – | 10:50 am | THE ART OF ADVOCACY The Honourable Justice Todd L. Archibald, Superior Court of Justice |
| 10:50 am | – | 11:25 am | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ADVOCATING FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY Hedy Weinberg, Executive Director, ACLU of Tennessee |
| 11:25 am | – | 11:30 am | CLOSING REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Sonia Bjorkquist, Osler, Hoskin, & Harcourt LLP, President of The Advocates’ Society |
