The course is designed to equip family law practitioners and family service providers with essential skills in conflict engagement, resolution and effective communication.
It will be a blend of asynchronous online learning and interactive weekly synchronous sessions, culminating in a hybrid final session, meaning students will be able to attend online or in-person.
It begins Thursday, Sept. 12 and will continue weekly until October 10, for a total of 7.5 class hours. Visit the registration page.
Participants will delve into family conflict dynamics, apply negotiation and mediation techniques, and develop comprehensive resolution plans, all while enhancing their ability to communicate complex legal information clearly and empathetically.
The course is particularly timely, addressing the new requirements in Saskatchewan’s family court system that mandate family dispute resolution processes and meeting a critical need in the legal community to equip practitioners and ensure they are well-prepared to facilitate family law and justice in a meaningful way.
Course format prioritizes flexibility
Course delivery format aims to accommodate diverse student needs and preferences.
Each week, students will engage with online modules that include readings, interactive activities, and discussion forums to foster engagement and deeper understanding.
The weekly live online sessions facilitate micro-skills practice, Q&A, and socialized learning.
Students will receive ongoing assessments through quizzes, assignments, and peer to peer constructive feedback to ensure they are grasping the material.
New articles from the following journals are now available for Law Society members upon request. For a pdf copy of these or other legal journal articles email us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca.
Canadian Family Law Quarterly. Vol. 40
Yousef Aly Wahb. Faith-Based Divorce Proceedings: Alternative Dispute Resolutions for Canadian Muslims
Stephanie Dickson, Melanie Battaglia. Child Support for Adult Children and Children with a Disability: The Impact of ODSP, the Disability Tax Credit, RDSP and RESP
Rachel Birnbaum, Nicholas Bala. High Conflict Parenting Cases and the Role of State-Funded Agencies in Ontario
Vanessa Lam. Determining the V-Date: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, When Can I Stop Sharing Property with You?
Intellectual Property Journal, Vol 34
Lindsay Paquette. Bill C-15 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Proposal for Intellectual Property Law Reform in Canada for the Protection, Preservation and Prosperity of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expression.
Muhammand Zaheer Abbas. Revisiting Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime in Response to COVID-19: A Review of the Legislation and Its Underlying Objectives.
David Vaver. User Rights in Canadian Copyright Law.
Luca Vaez Tehrani. The Modern Library: Ramifications of Controlled Digital Lending on Copyright.
Aviv Gaon. Law and Reputation: How the Legal System Shapes Behavior by ProducingInformation, Roy Shapira (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, Vol. 16
Steven Chaplin. Review of: Tom McDowell, Neoliberal Parliamentarism: The Decline of Parliament at the Ontario Legislature (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021)
Gregory Tardi. Election 44: Connecting the Dots
Charlie Feldman. Much Ado about Parliamentary Review
Gregory Tardi. Including Emerging Litigation Comprenant Les Litiges en Voie de Développement
Priya Dube. The Role of Law in Settling Political Disputes: York University v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2021 SCC 32
Gregory Tardi. Review of: Stephen Breyer The Authority of the Court and the Perils of Politics (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021)
Robin Ketcheson. Unwriting the Unwritten Principles of the Electoral System
Susan Keenan. Questions of Central Importance: The Supreme Court’s Diceyan Reserve
Jena Karim. Statecraft and Recognition of the Taliban: Crux of Taliban Governance and the Potential Impacts of Recognition
Professor Stephen I. Vladeck. Reforming the U.S. Supreme Court by Reforming Its Docket
Dr. Ronnie R. F. Yearwood. Barbados’ Transition to a Republic: ‘Republic in Name First, Constitutional Reform after’, ‘Stuff and Nonsense!’
J.W.J. Bowden. What’s in a Name? Newfoundland & Labrador and the Constitution Amendment, 2001
Caitlin Salvino. A Tool of the ‘Last Resort’: A Comprehensive Account of the Notwithstanding Clause Political Use from 1982-2021
Kioko Nzuki Mwania. The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Culture in Kenya
Mohammad Pizuar Hossain. Repatriation of the Rohingya Refugees: Geopolitics and the Potential Role of the International Court of Justice
Dave Guénette. Recensement de: Christophe Parent L’État des Fédérations (Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2019) 2 Tomes
Julien Fournier. Recensement de: Yan Campagnolo Le Secret Ministériel. Théorie et Pratique (Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 2020)
McGill Law Journal, Vol. 66
Bethany Hastie. (Re)Discovering the Promise of Fraser? Labour Pluralism and Freedom of Association
Amitpal C. Singh. The Body as Me and Mine: The Case for Property Rights in Attached Body Parts
Marc-Antoine Gervais. Les Impasses Théoriques et Pratiques du Contrôle de Constitutionnalité Canadien
Daniele Bertolini. Unpacking Entire Agreement Clauses: On the (Elusive) Search for Contractually Induced Formalism in Contractual Adjudication
National Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 42
Professor René Provost. Remedies for Human Rights Violations–A Two-Track Approach to Supra-National and National Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021, xlix-581pp.)
Kent Roach. Principled versus Rule or Text-Based Discretion in Charter Remedies: Conseil Scolaire, Ontario (Attorney General) v. G and Albashir
Danielle Pinard. La Temporalité des Jugements D’inconstitutionnalité des Lois au Canada: Les Mesures D’atténuation Prises à L’égard de Leur Rétroactivité et de Leur Caractère Immédiatement Exécutoire
Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 51
Le Très Honorable Richard Wagner, C.P., The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Juge en Chef du Canada , Chief Justice of Canada. Allocution du Récipiendaire de Doctorat Honorifique | Speech of the Recipient of the Honorary Doctorate
Paul Daly. Plural Public Law | Un Droit Public Pluriel
Nicolas Lambert. Effective Remediation in Public Procurement: Contract Damages versus Judicial Review
Mari Galloway. The Unwritten Constitutional Principles and Environmental Justice: A New Way Forward?
Maureen Irish. The Review of International Commercial Arbitral Awards and the New York Convention: Breaking the Link to Administrative Law
Isabel Grant, Crystal Choi, Debra Parkes. The Meaning of Life: A Study of the Use of Parole Ineligibility for Murder Sentencing
Jamie Cameron. The Tenth Justice: Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court Act Reference by Carissima Mathen & Michael Plaxton
Robert Hamilton, Joshua Nichols. Reconciliation and the Straitjacket: A Comparative Analysis of the Secession Reference and R v Sparrow
Andrew Leach. Environmental Policy is Economic Policy: Climate Change Policy and the General Trade and Commerce Power
Abra Martin. Mikisew Cree: A Lost Opportunity for Doctrinal Clarity on Constitutional Principles
Carys Craig, Ian Kerr. The Death of the AI Author
Stéphane Sérafin. Les Positivismes Juridiques Au XXe Siècle: Normativismes, Sociologismes, Réalismes de Maxime St-Hilaire
Hugo Tremblay. Perspectives Critiques Sur le Droit de l’Environnement Face à l’Anthropocène
Virginia Torrie. Aspiration and Reality in Legal Education de David Sandomierski
Gabriel Poliquin, Ph.D. LL.B. L’art de Juger de l’Honorable Louis LeBel, Sous la Direction de Bjarne Melkevik
Michel Morin. Le Secret Ministériel: Théorie et Pratique de Yan Campagnolo
Lori Hausegger, Troy Riddell. Judges on Judging in Canadian Appellate Courts: The Role of Legal and Extra-Legal Factors on Decision-Making
Léonid Sirota. Immuring Dicey’s Ghost: The Senate Reform Reference and Constitutional Conventions
Dan Priel. “That Is Not How the Common Law Works”: Paths to Tort Liability for Harassment
Kristen Thomasen. Robots, Regulation, and the Changing Nature of Public Space
New Family Law resources have recently been released by the Justice Department as part of their free online legal training resources for professionals, Justice Canada Changes to Family Laws. Along with a family violence toolkit, three new free and accredited courses are available to help lawyers understand the 2021 amendments to the Divorce Act:
This course provides an overview of the amendments to the Divorce Act related to parenting including the new parenting terminology and best interests of the child criteria. It is intended to help legal advisers understand the child-focused approach of the Divorce Act’s parenting provisions and the impact of family violence on parenting arrangements.
This course is designed to increase legal advisers’ knowledge and understanding of the new change of residence and relocation framework in the Divorce Act. It focuses on the procedures people must follow in relation to moves and the principles a court will apply in making a decision about a child’s relocation.
This online course focuses on family dispute resolution and the new duties for parties and legal advisers under the Divorce Act. This course will also address the amendments to the Act that encourage parties to use family dispute resolution processes and family justice services.
This free Toolkit offers practical training to ensure that legal advisers can identify and respond to family violence in their family law cases.
The HELP toolkit is comprised of four sections:
HAVE an initial discussion about family violence
EXPLORE immediate risks and safety concerns
LEARN more about the family violence to help you determine what to recommend to your client
PROMOTE safety throughout the family law case
Each of these sections is covered in depth, along with a legal response guide and supplemental materials to assist practitioners. The Toolkit is based on new and existing research on family violence in the family law context.
The HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers can be accessed through the Department of Justice Canada website by clicking here.
To access all of the resources offered by Justice Canada Changes to Family Laws click here.
“A party is not required to amend a pleading filed prior to the amendments coming into force on March 1, 2021, to obtain an order pursuant to the amended Divorce Act.”
See the full notice for clarification on the transitional provisions.
“Effective immediately, Sean Checkowski, Queen’s Bench Trial and Motion Coordinator, will be scheduling all Family Division Notices of Application returnable before the Master.”
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Please note: The library will be closed on Monday, November 11th, 2024. Regular library service will resume Tuesday, November 12th at 8:30AM.
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