Lawyers and Well-Being: The Process, The Practice and Proactivity

Starts at 12:00pm MT This session will provide an overview about what the recent National Study tells us about lawyers in Canada and how we are doing in terms of psychological distress, anxiety, depression and burnout, as well as alcohol and drug use, and then...

Professional Responsibility and Ethics

Lawyers from Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Ottawa) will give a presentation about Professional Responsibility and Ethics. More details to follow.

Gladue Reports and the application of Gladue Principles in Nunavut

Information Session on Gladue Reports and Principles within a Nunavummi context. This FAQ-style session will address questions related to the purpose, relevance and application of Gladue Reports.

Black History Month: Food for Thought

Introduction to the origins of Black History Month (USA and Canada), the significance of the Civil Rights Movement, and the barriers that systemic racism poses to EDI implementation.

Mindful Counsel

Member Paul Falvo is Yellowknife-based criminal defence counsel, and a former prosecutor, who has worked circuits in NWT and Nunavut since 2001. Meditation has become part of his daily routine; and, in 2020 and 2021 he trained to become an instructor. He looks forward...