Law Society of YukonCPD 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.
Click here to view the CBA Cross-Promotional Online PD Bulletin
Continuing Professional Development Events
Speaker/s: Eric Neufeld, K.C. and Daniel Song, K.C.
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Start Time: 9:15 am
End Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Cost: Free
CPD Credits: 3.25
Speaker/s: Cindy Freedman, Lenore Morris, Kyla Gifford and Tina Bunce
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Start Time: 12:00 pm
End Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Cost: Free
CPD Credits: 1.5
Speaker/s: Sophie Majeau
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Start Time: 12:00 pm
End Time: 1:30 pm
Location: The Gold Rush Inn, 411 Main Street, Whitehorse
Cost: Free. Lunch is provided. This is an in-person event and will not be available at a later time as a recording.
CPD Credits: 1.5
Speaker/s: Erin Durant and Greg Markell
Date: Thursday, October 24th
Start Time: 9:00 am
End Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Cost: Free
CPD Credits: 4
Speaker/s: Elaine Craig and Teresa Donnelly
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Start Time: 12:00 pm
End Time: 1:30 pm
Location: The Sternwheeler Hotel, 201 Wood Street, Whitehorse
Cost: Free. Lunch is provided. This is an in-person event and will not be available at a later time as a recording.
CPD Credits: 1.5
Past Events
Speaker/s: Melanie Hodges Neufeld and Dave Jackson
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Start Time: 12:00 pm
End Time: 1:30 pm
Cost: Free Zoom webinar
CPD Credits: 1.5
Speaker/s: Multiple faculty members
Date: July 22 to 25, 2024
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel)
Speaker/s: Multiple faculty members
Date: July 8-12, 2024
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Convention Centre)
Speaker/s: Teresa Waugh & Temira Vance
Date: Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25, 2024
Start Time: 1:00 pm
End Time: 4:30 pm
Location: Live-streamed event by Zoom
Cost: 200 (including GST)
CPD Credits: 7
Speaker/s: Amy Salyzyn - Associate Professor, UOttawa
Date: Friday, June 14, 2024
Start Time: 9:00 am
End Time: 10:30 am
Location: Zoom webinar hosted by the Law Society of Nunavut
Cost: Free
CPD Credits: 1.25
Speaker/s: Graham Lang, Jim Tucker and Rick Buchan
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Start Time: 1:00 pm
End Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Town Hall, Gold Rush Inn
Cost: $25.00 [includes coffee, tea and cookies] Payment for this CPD can be made through the LSY office. We accept cash, e-transfers, cheques and direct deposits.
CPD Credits: 3 hours
Speaker/s: Myrna McCallum
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Start Time: 9:00 am
End Time: 4:30 pm
Location: Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre
Cost: No cost. Spaces are limited to 25 seats. We ask that you only register if you are able to attend and if you need to withdraw, please notify the Law Society.
CPD Credits: 6 hours
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: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Start Time: 12:00 pm
End Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Free Zoom webinar
Cost: Free
CPD Credits: 1.5 hours
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
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