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

Speaker/s: Rowan Fisher and Amna Bhatti

Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Speaker/s: Leslie McRae

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Free Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Speaker/s: Leslie McRae

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Free Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1 hour

Speaker/s: Teresa Waugh and [second presenter to be determined]

Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Start Time: 8:30 am

End Time: 4:30 pm

Location: Yukon University Campus, Room C1530

Cost: $261.19 including GST [$248.75 + $12.44 GST]

CPD Credits: 7 hours

Past Events

Speaker/s: Brook Greenberg, K.C.

Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5

Speaker/s: David Plunkett

Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Free Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5

Speaker/s: Birju Dattani and Lesley McCullough

Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5

Speaker/s: William Clements

Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5

Date: July 10 - 14, 2023

Location: Montreal

Speaker/s: Dr. Reagan Gale, Dan Shier and Michelle Rabeau

Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Free Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5

Speaker/s: Loraine Champion

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

CPD Credits: Virtual by Zoom

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

Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023

Start Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Frobisher Inn, Iqaluit

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

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom

CPD Credits: 0

Speaker/s: Murielle Jassinthe, CEO — Black Lantern

Date: Friday, February 24, 2023

Start Time: 12:15 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

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

CPD Credits: 0

Speaker/s: Paul Falvo

Date: Thursdays 12-1 pm MT; February 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2023

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

CPD Credits: 0

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

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

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

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

Speaker/s: Val Napoleon and David Milward

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

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

Date: Monday, May 2, 2022

Start Time: 9:30 am

End Time: 11:30 am

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

Speaker/s: Leslie McRae

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

Speaker/s: Christina Laing,

Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Speaker/s: Donna Moore, Eleanor Platt

Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

Speaker/s: Dawne Way, Jill Witkin, Jacob Legault

Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Start Time: 9:30 am

End Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 2.5 hours

Speaker/s: The Honourable Mr. Justice Richard D. Schneider, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., LL.B., LL.M., C.Psych, RICHARD (RICK) BUCHAN B.A., LL.B, C. Arb Lawyer ~ Mediator ~ Arbitrator

Date: Friday, February 4, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Speaker/s: Judge Chisholm, David McWhinnie

Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Speaker/s: Birju Dattani, Amna Bhatti

Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No charge

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

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

Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

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

Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No cost

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Speaker/s: William Steinburg

Date: Thursday, August 26, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No charge

Speaker/s: Birju Dattani, Amna Bhatti

Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No charge

Speaker/s: Derek LaCroix

Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 am

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No charge

Speaker/s: Sandy Kovacs

Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No charge

Speaker/s: Justice Karen Wenckebach

Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 am

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: No charge

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

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

Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Start Time: 9:00 am

End Time: 11:30 am

Location: Zoom webinar

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 2.5 hours

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

Date: Wednesday, 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

Speaker/s: Annette King and Shaunagh Stikeman

Date: Monday, 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.

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

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2020

Start Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Live Webinar by Zoom

Cost: Free

CPD Credits: 1.5 hours

Speaker/s: Frederica Wilson, Chioma Ufodike

Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Cost: Free and open to members and support staff

CPD Credits: 2 hours