CPD Events

Continuing Professional Development Opportunities

The Continuing Professional Development Committee (CPD Committee) provides legal professional development opportunities to members of the Law Society of Yukon.

The Committee focuses on topics that will assist members to increase their legal knowledge and practical skills, remain aware of their professional obligations, and provide better client service.

The CPD Committee encourages members to bring forward ideas or topics for future CPD activities at any time.

The Committee would also like to share with members the Notice to the Members of May 2020. The Notice includes a list of links to providers who offer CPD activities remotely. Membership is not a requirement for access. Click here for the Notice.

Continuing Professional Development Events

Professional Responsibility and Ethics (Topic to be confirmed)

Speaker/s: Lawyers from Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Ottawa)

Date: Thursday, April 20

Start Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Frobisher Inn, Iqaluit

Gladue Reports and the application of Gladue Principles in Nunavut

Speaker/s: Lisa Tootoo, Laura Thompson and Dr. Jane Dickson

Date: Tuesday, February 28

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Black History Month: Food for Thought

Speaker/s: Murielle Jassinthe, CEO — Black Lantern

Date: Friday, February 24

Start Time: 12:15 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: In-person in the LSN Boardroom and virtually over Zoom

Mindful Counsel

Speaker/s: Paul Falvo

Date: Thursdays 12-1 pm MT; February 2, 9, 16 and 23

Start Time: 2:00 pm

End Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Meeting on Zoom for discussion and meditation. No prior experience is necessary. Instruction will be provided.

Cost: Participation is free

Engagement Of Women In The Legal Profession: A Virtual Round Table In The Territories

Speaker/s: Sandra P. MacKenzie, Stephanie Whitecloud-Brass & Lesley McCullough

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5

Federation 101 – Intro to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada

Speaker/s: Jonathan Herman and Nicolas Plourde

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Gold Rush Inn

Cost: No cost, lunch provided

CPD Credits: 1.5

Yukon First Nations People and the Justice System – Redefining the Conversation

Speaker/s: Chantal Genier, Elder Shirley Adamson, Maisie Smith, Samantha Dawson

Date: Tue, September 13, 2022

Start Time: 9:00 am

End Time: 4:00 pm

Location: In-person at Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre

Cost: Free – lunch and snacks provided

CPD Credits: 7

Families, Family Breakdown and the Law

Speaker/s: Alyson Jones and John-Paul E. Boyd

Date: Wed, September 7 - Thursday, September 8, 2022

Start Time: 9:30 pm

End Time: 4:00 pm

Location: The Sternwheeler Hotel – 201 Wood Street, Whitehorse

Cost: Free [on your own for lunch]

CPD Credits: 8

Teaching Indigenous Law – Today and Tomorrow

Speaker/s: Val Napoleon and David Milward

Date: Wed, June 29, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

Impaired Driving Consequences – Territorial and Federal

Speaker/s: Julius Debuschewitz, Kelly McGill and Leo Lane

Date: Mon, May 2, 2022

Start Time: 9:30 am

End Time: 11:30 am

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

The New Condo Act Explained

Speaker/s: Leslie McRae

Date: Wed, April 27, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

Yukon Restorative Justice & Diversion Program

Speaker/s: Christina Laing,

Date: Wed, April 20, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Speaker/s: Justice Karen Wenckebach, Shayne Fairman, Dr. Zoë Armstrong

Date: Tue, November 9, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Pitfall Potpourri: Employment Edition

Speaker/s: Jocelyn Barrett of Lamarche, Lang & Barrett, and Elizabeth Reid of Fasken

Law Firm Trust and General Books, Records and Accounts – Best Practices and the Use of Electronic Banking/Transaction Methods

Speaker/s: Sara Jiménez, CPA, CA, CFF, CFE and Gustavo Jiménez, CPA, CGA, CFE

Date: Tue, March 30, 2021

Start Time: 9:00 am

End Time: 11:30 am

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 2.5 hours

Children & Criminal Law

Speaker/s: Cpl. Kelly Manweiller, Simon Renouf, Noel Sinclair

Date: Wed, February 3, 2021

Start Time: 9:00 am

End Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Live webinar on Zoom

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 3.0 hours

Applying a Child’s Rights Lens: Lessons from the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate

Speaker/s: Annette King and Shaunagh Stikeman

Date: Mon, November 9, 2020

Start Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Live webinar on Zoom

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: This CPD has been approved for 1.5 hours by the Law Society of British Columbia and may be applied towards the mandatory 12 hour Continuing Professional Development requirement in both BC and Yukon.

Mental Health Act: Overview & Practical Tips

Speaker/s: Jim Tucker, Mike Reynolds, David Christie

Date: Thu, August 27, 2020

Start Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Live Webinar by Zoom

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Anti-Money Laundering and Client Identification / Verification

Speaker/s: Frederica Wilson, Chioma Ufodike

Date: Tue, July 21, 2020

Cost: Free and open to members and support staff

CPD Credits: 2 hours

Continuing Professional Development Events

Professional Responsibility and Ethics (Topic to be confirmed)

Gladue Reports and the application of Gladue Principles in Nunavut

Black History Month: Food for Thought

Mindful Counsel

Engagement Of Women In The Legal Profession: A Virtual Round Table In The Territories

Federation 101 – Intro to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada

Yukon First Nations People and the Justice System – Redefining the Conversation

Families, Family Breakdown and the Law

Teaching Indigenous Law – Today and Tomorrow

Impaired Driving Consequences – Territorial and Federal

The New Condo Act Explained

Yukon Restorative Justice & Diversion Program

Practice Interruptions: Essential Tips for Contingency Planning

Navigating 276, 278 Applications in Sexual Assault Cases Since the Passing of Bill C-51

The Mentally Disordered Accuseds – Navigating Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code

Practical Tips with Judge Chisholm and David McWhinnie

Vaccine-mandates and Human Rights

Children and Family Law

Pitfall Potpourri: Employment Edition

Amendments to Yukon’s Wills Act, 2021

Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession

Getting Back to Work: Developing Well-Being to Deal with the Changing Times

From Birth to Burial: The Lifecycle of a Litigated File

Judicial Review with Justice Wenckebach

Law Firm Trust and General Books, Records and Accounts – Best Practices and the Use of Electronic Banking/Transaction Methods

Children & Criminal Law

Applying a Child’s Rights Lens: Lessons from the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate

Mental Health Act: Overview & Practical Tips

Anti-Money Laundering and Client Identification / Verification

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