JUScampus Course Catalogue

Assess your comfort with legal research tools and know where to find tools and resources to improve skills

We have developed a new in-class course for litigators who have carriage of litigation files arising under the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act. The course aims to provide litigators with an introduction to ATIP law. It will also explain to litigators the specific legal and procedural issues that arise in Access to Information Act and Privacy Act judicial review applications.

Presentation on the general principles of Aboriginal law and recent cases from the Supreme Court of Canada dealing with Aboriginal issues. Participants will gain a basic understanding of the constitutional and legal framework governing Aboriginal rights and issues in Canada.

Participants will learn the fundamental elements of legislative drafting. The learning will be reinforced by practical drafting exercises, group discussion and examples drawn from the existing legislative corpus.

This course is designed to increase awareness and provide guidance on what to do in the event of a building evacuation, lockdown or shelter-in-place situation.

Take charge of your career path and learn how to effectively prepare for a career conversation with your manager.

As team leader, supervisor or manager, you will empower their employees by helping them to take charge of and manage their careers in this “Just-in-time” session on career conversations.

The first part of this course discusses the structure for case summaries, steps for drafting an excellent case summary, the rules of legal citation, and tips to write clearly in English. The second part involves an exercise reviewing a case summary, and allows participants to compare their case summary to the different options proposed by the facilitators. Participants are encouraged to review the two cases discussed in the exercises in advance of taking the course: Bennett v Bennett, 2016 ONSC 503 and Stover v Wallner (Paralegal Solutions), 2013 TMOB 183.

Join members of the CBA Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section and their Justice counterparts as they engage in dialogue surrounding current environment and energy topics.

Identify the ongoing influence of myths and stereotypes about intimate partner violence, focusing on the common and evolving misconceptions that legal actors have about survivors and the violence they experience.

This workshop will allow participants to further their knowledge concerning remedies that may be granted under s. 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and s. 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982.

CIPL’s Learning Day is for Justice Counsel interested in major issues relating to the Access to information Act and Privacy Act. 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the coming-into-force of these Acts