On-Demand Programs
Staying silent isn’t helping anyone. Leaders in law speak honestly about the line between advocacy and bullying, anxiety’s impact and offer suggestions to achieve mental well-being.
The Not Criminally Responsible defence takes an accused’s mental state into consideration when laying out a verdict. While not a loophole or an acquittal, an NCR verdict recognizes that punishing someone with lack of intent due to mental illness is unjust. Consider if this defence applies to our accused and what treatment would be ordered in place of a traditional sentence.
Partial defences such as provocation or intoxication are not enough to secure legal innocence on their own, but they can still play an essential role. Should an NCR defence fail, the same evidence can be repurposed and consolidated with other partial defences. Learn how to create a layered defence strategy to urge the court to consider all the intersecting factors, opening the door to reasonable doubt.
Adopt practical strategies to balance your billable work with business development and build a steady flow of clients.
You don’t need to be an HR expert to navigate conflict in your small office. You just need to be prepared. Finish this session with practical frameworks for delivering feedback, tips on de-escalation and a clear understanding of your employment and human rights obligations.
Streamlining Your Firm with Technology
Optimize your workflow from intake to billing so you can better attend to clients, take on more files and grow your business.
Practice & Business Management
Immigration Law's next chapter
Who does the province actually need... and where? BC PNP Director and Chief Labour Market Economist dissect the BC Labour Market Outlook 2026, identifying how demographic trends and labour shortages influence immigration planning. Then learn from seasoned lawyers how potential reforms under the Strong Borders Act, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and future Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada targets may shape your immigration practice.
Litigation Tactics to Make the System Move
Knowing how to challenge decisions effectively can make or break a case. Your client’s need for status doesn’t go away when their file is delayed or refused. In this workshop, explore recent case law impacting Mandamus applications and the evolving standards of judicial reviews of refusals. Work with your colleagues to apply practical approaches to managing litigation files, from identifying grounds for review to anticipating government responses.
Reduce risk and save time with practical hiring processes that sustain your firm’s growth and seamlessly integrate new additions to your team.
Practice & Business Management
Managing Advocacy’s Mental Toll
A panel of lawyers at different career stages share candid experiences of navigating burnout and trauma while staying grounded in the sense of purpose that access to justice provides. Learn from their stories and adopt strategies to strengthen your own resilience.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
This fireside chat brings together lawyers across practice areas to share real-life examples of restorative justice in action. Explore principles to use in your practice when formal programs are inaccessible and how to apply them to criminal files, employment mediation and conflict resolution.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
CBABC & CLEBC
The Future of Justice with BC’s Attorney General
Counsel pursuing access to justice for clients can only do so much by themselves. To enact real change for British Columbians, the systems in place need to support those efforts. The Honourable Niki Sharma, KC, Attorney General of BC, provides her perspective on key issues in this area, the BC government’s plans to increase access to justice, and strategies for lawyers to amplify these prospective solutions.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Rules of Our Own: Tsawwassen First Nation's Privacy Framework
As more Indigenous governments move towards self-government and information sovereignty, they must also take on the responsibility of stewarding the information they collect. Discover how the Tsawwassen First Nation developed their own Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to support the needs of the community and how the Act works concurrently with government privacy legislation.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Difficult Applicants, Difficult Requests
Relatively new to access work and running into challenging applicants and requests? Lawyers in the field highlight reactive and proactive tools available under FIPPA and PIPA you can apply to your practice. Discover how to manage vexatious applicants, overly broad requests, sensitive records, video and audio footage requests and more.
Lawyering Skills
Fresh Perspectives with Two-Eyed Seeing
Stepping out of your comfort zone to embrace diverse perspectives can lead to profound personal and professional growth. Examine the practice of Two-Eyed Seeing which weaves Indigenous perspectives and knowledge into traditional western worldviews.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Litigating estates and trusts is often an emotional process for clients. Mediation is a proactive approach to resolving conflicts before they escalate and preserving familial relationships. Discover strategies to implement this effective tool into your practice while saving time and costs along the way.
Practice & Business Management
Arbitration, a Viable Option for Estate Disputes?
Resolving estate litigation through the courts can be expensive and lengthy. Does arbitration offer a quicker resolution, or does it create more complexity, with enforceability and jurisdictional issues? This session explores the nuances, the benefits and the ‘how-to’ on arbitrating estate disputes.
Lawyering Skills
The Pitfalls of Avoiding Probate
Simplifying wills and estates administration is useful, but not if it means skipping a crucial step. Probate helps to safeguard your clients. Avoiding it only works in specific cases and should not be the end goal. Learn from an experienced planner and litigator on when to use it and when not to.
Lawyering Skills
100 Questions about Reconciliation
People are often curious about reconciliation and seek ways to participate, but a shortage of trustworthy information brings more questions than answers. Dr. Bruce McIvor, answers 100 fundamental questions about reconciliation.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Chief Justice of BC Supreme Court Addresses Government Lawyers
Keynote Address: The Hon. Chief Justice Ron Skolrood
Class Actions as a Tool for Social Reform
A powerful legal mechanism, class actions have the potential to drive institutional change and hold public bodies accountable. However, it can also open the door to judicial overreach and policymaking from the bench. Panelists examine the balance between legal advocacy and democratic governance.
Rapid Fire: Top Ten Cases in Government Law
In this fast-paced round-up of 2025, counsel summarize the most significant cases that shaped public law this year. Hear recaps on key decisions and developments in administrative law, constitutional issues, Crown liability and more.
Economic Reconciliation and Relational Credibility
Canada’s colonization and historical policies have created long-lasting economic disparities for Indigenous Peoples. Unpack the crucial roles decolonization, legal pluralism and dismantling of systemic barriers play in forging a path towards economic reconciliation.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Diversity on Tribunals 2025: Building your Application
Learn how to draw upon your experience, knowledge, and skills to become a tribunal member and how best to convey these in your application.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Adopt new tools from this workshop to maintain your well-being and continue to thrive in your career.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Opening Up About Mental Health
Open conversations about mental well-being are often hindered by stigma, misconceptions and the fear of judgment. To break down these barriers, leading lawyers share insights into their unique mental health journeys with the hope you can embark on your own path to well-being.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Your articles are just around the corner! Discover the secrets to standing out, managing your workload like a pro, and becoming the go-to person in your firm. With expert advice and insider stories, learn how to make a lasting impact early in your career.
Lawyering Skills
Practicing Law, Living Religion
Religious identity can have a significant influence on how lawyers do their jobs. Learn more about these experiences and the ways their unique perspectives can benefit the profession.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
This session delves into the unique challenges faced by transgender people and the pivotal role that lawyers can play from inclusive language to the simple changes we can make to improve a more equitable environment for this community.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Bridging the Justice Gap: Hackathons as Catalysts for Change
In this session, our speakers will share how hackathons contribute to user-centered and multi-disciplinary approaches that generate novel tools, strategies, and partnerships.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Access to Justice in the AI Era: Innovation vs. Risk
Separate hype from reality in this examination of the intersection of AI and access to justice. Participants will explore practical use cases and opportunities as well as risks and regulatory considerations for using AI.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Reimagining Justice Through User-Centered Principles
Learn from leading experts about the principles of user-centered design and how it can be applied to address real-world barriers, increase access to justice, and advance reconciliation.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Integrating Indigenous Practices in Board Governance
Kwakwaka’wakw and Tlingit lawyer, Halie Kwanxwa’logwa Bruce, explores how to apply a reconciliation lens to engagement, project management, trust-building and conflict resolution.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Revamp Conflict Resolution with Restorative Justice
Restorative justice is a transformative approach to conflict that aims to repair harm among individuals and the community. Expert speakers share considerations for restorative justice in both criminal and civil cases and offer specific scenarios where restorative justice has been applied.
Lawyering Skills
Considering a Career as a Judicial Justice?
Learn about the day-to-day activities of a Judicial Justice in Provincial Court, the skills and knowledge required, what to consider when applying, and how applications are evaluated.
Practice & Business Management
Legal Impacts of False Claims to Indigenous Identity
Continue your reconciliation journey this Fall with the return of Dr. Darryl Leroux and Kirsten Barnes. In this session, speakers reveal the emerging issues facing lawyers and the courts in this area, including an analysis of the key factors and reasons used by the courts to approve or deny these claims in different contexts.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Live Rebroadcast: Advancing Reconciliation 2024
In this rebroadcast, learn the basics of UNDRIP and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and how this impacts your practice, whether you are a family law lawyer or involved with land development, or another practice area. This session will also explore the fundamentals of Indigenous identity, key issues related to false claims and what non-Indigenous and Indigenous lawyers can do to appropriately protect against this.
Lawyer Well-Being: Concrete Strategies for Positive Change (Webinar Repeat)
We are happiest, healthiest, and most successful when we adopt healthy lifestyles and work habits. Long hours, demanding managers, bosses and clients, complex files, and difficult opposing counsel can be occupational hazards in the legal profession. Understanding how you respond to these challenges, and learning coping strategies to manage stress and anxiety, will help you build a flourishing career.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Wills, Estates & Trusts Conference 2024 (On-Demand)
Seasoned experts explored critical topics such as such as managing inter vivos trusts, advanced tax issues, key case law developments and more.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Town Hall with the Attorney General: The New Legal Professions Act (Webinar Repeat)
Hear directly from the Attorney General about the new Legal Professions Act and plans for a new regulator of lawyers, notaries, paralegals and others.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Managing Risk for Lawyers and Law Firms: Cyber and Business Considerations (Webinar Repeat)
Join experts in legal business development as they explore trends in cyber and business risks. Learn how to develop risk management strategies and meet ever-evolving compliance requirements. Panelists review funds transfer fraud and how BC law firms can stay protected against FTF attacks. Gain the tools and resources you need to help mitigate events and exposure.
Gendered Aspects of Legal Aid (Webinar Repeat)
Learn about how empirical research has found that legal aid eligibility thresholds lead to disproportionate ineligibility of single women who are in poverty, compared to other specific groups, as well as about the application of Canada’s legal framework for equality and what both suggest in terms of program design and population-based access to justice.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Bridging the Gap: Facilitating A2J by Van and Boat (Webinar Repeat)
Person-centred justice includes meeting people and populations where they are – literally! In rural and remote locations, access to a professional who can provide situation-specific legal information and advice can be difficult to come by and often leads to the development, continuation and exacerbation of legal and law related problems. Based on their outreach and understanding of local needs, two organizations have taken a mobile approach in different geographies and communities. Join this session to hear first hand about the creation and impact of the WellCoMs Mobile Van initiative in Guelph and Wellington County, Ontario, and the Making Waves initiative in and around Bella Coola, BC.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Finding Justice: Challenges and Opportunities in BC's Legal Aid Landscape(Webinar Repeat)
Many British Columbians continue to face barriers to accessing legal aid, especially in family law. Our panelists discussed the current challenges and opportunities in family and civil legal aid in BC. As part of Access to Justice Week BC, this informative session highlighted what needs to be done to achieve positive change.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Lawyers as Employers: Lessons Learned and Best Practices (Webinar Repeat)
Managing your role as practicing lawyer and employer is no easy task in today’s legal workplace. Regardless of your law firm size, or how many law office professionals you employ, a key to the success of your practice depends on knowing how to create and maintain solid employment relationships. This 90-minute session explores the ins and outs of the ‘lawyer as employer’ role throughout the Employee Lifecyle.
Practice & Business Management
Privacy Law Conference 2024 (On-Demand)
The privacy landscape is constantly changing. The use of generative AI, forensic genealogy and aggregated data have introduced new privacy concerns. The Anti-Racism Data Act raises questions on how to meaningfully implement equity, diversity and inclusion with privacy in mind. This on-demand conference delivers key updates and invaluable knowledge from accomplished speakers to keep you ahead in your practice. Make the most of seven educational sessions led by leaders in privacy law, with a keynote presentation by Michael McEvoy, BC’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.
Beyond the ABC's: Trust Accounting for New Lawyers (Webinar Repeat)
Ask any lawyer and they will tell you that the one cardinal rule of trust accounting is this—it’s not your money! Success as an early career lawyer requires a solid understanding of how the rules and principles of trust accounting apply in practice.
Practice & Business Management
Restorative Justice in the Legal Landscape (Webinar Repeat)
Our speakers, Clare Jennings and Gillian Lindquist, discuss restorative justice in the context of the legal landscape. They will explain how to identify the right cases to achieve restorative justice and how to seek beneficial resolutions for clients such as criminal defendants and their victims.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Financial Planning for Early Career Lawyers (Webinar Repeat)
This workshop tackles two major financial worries for early career lawyers: should I pay off debt or invest in my future? You can do both. We’ll show you how.
Practice & Business Management
Taking the Nightmare Out of Networking (Webinar Repeat)
Now that you have found the job and are beginning to explore different practice areas of interest, your next step is to foster relationships within your legal community. And knowing how to set up and apply a framework to your networking approach is critical to making meaningful, long-lasting practice connections.
Practice & Business Management
Respecting and Preserving Indigenous Identities (Webinar Repeat)
Through a facilitated question and answer session, our esteemed panelists will address the changing dynamics of white identities (why do so many white people want to be Indigenous?), self-indigenization and settler colonial logics (how does self-indigenization fit into understandings of settler colonialism?) and the pushback (what can be done to stop self-indigenization?).
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
Meeting Everyday Legal Needs: A View from British Columbia (Webinar Repeat)
This panel discussion will examine recent efforts in British Columbia to improve access to justice and meet everyday legal needs (Justice Development Goal #2). Among other things, this panel will discuss efforts to address legal services gaps, foster innovation, and expand the scope of legal aid in British Columbia.
Practice & Business Management
UNDRIP in your Practice (Webinar Repeat)
In this session, learn the basics of UNDRIP and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and how this impacts your practice, whether you are a family law lawyer or involved with land development, or another practice area.
Professional Responsibility & Ethics
