Mediation Ethics (LEG00052)

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

6 hours

Audience

Legal Professionnals

Description

This course aims to introduce you to ethical issues that individual legal professionals may face in the course of their legal practice when participating in mediation, and engage you in identifying and assessing them. What actions might you take vis à vis your client, the mediator, and opposing counsel, or the other party, if self-represented? What are the ethical obligations (and related legal issues) of counsel and the mediator (in the mediation context)?

Learning Objectives:

1. Increase legal professionals’ professional competence with regard to:

a) Ethical practice

b) The assessment of ethical issues

c) Relationships with clients, opposing counsel and mediators; and,

2. Increase legal professionals’ knowledge of ethical obligations and related legal issues in the mediation context.

Registration deadline: 5 working days prior to the course date.

Participants are responsible for adding their training activities to their Outlook calendars.

Accommodation measures: The Department of Justice is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free learning environment. If you have any accessibility needs in order to fully participate in the training activity, please contact your manager to discuss your needs. You may also call upon the services of the Centre for Workplace Access-Ability, Health and Wellness to help identify what type of accommodation measures you require.

For more information: Contact the Centre for Legal Education Services.

For information about the continuing professional development (CPD) hours for this course, please consult the 2024 Accreditation Summary.

If you have questions, please contact our accreditation team by email (Accreditations@justice.gc.ca).