CALE/ACEJ 2023 conference
The Canadian Association for Legal Ethics / Association canadienne pour l’ethique juridique (CALE/ACEJ) annual conference will be hosted in-person at the University of Victoria on October 20th and 21st, 2023.
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Registration Deadline: October 2, 2023
Questions? Contact Laura Hamilton.
Thursday, 19 October
6:00 pm Optional Dinner
Friday, 20 October
8:15 – 9:00 Registration
Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Opening Remarks, Welcome and Territorial Acknowledgement
10:00 – 11:30 Research Panel 1
Chair: Patricia Cochran (University of Victoria)
Presenters:
- Amy Salyzyn (University of Ottawa), Ian Stedman (Osgoode Hall Law School), Shadi Nasseri (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Neurotech and the Practice of Law: Legal Ethics Intersections - Emma Cunliffe (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC)
The Ethical Dimensions of Legal Storytelling - Deanne Sowter (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Intimate Partner Violence and Ethical Lawyering: Not Just Special Rules for Family Law - Allan Hutchinson (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Training for Hierarchy: Legal Ethics as Ideology
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:15 CALE Awards
Stephen Pitel, President CALE/ ACEJ
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 Regulation Panel 1: Legal Services Regulation- Ideas for Change in BC
Chair: Robert G.W. Lapper (University of Victoria)
Presenters:
- Paul Craven (Assistant Deputy Minister, AGJS)
- Katie Armitage (AGJS - Policy and Legislation Division)
- Kerry Simmons KC (Executive Director, CBA BC Branch)
- Michael Lucas (General Counsel – Law Society of BC)
- John Mayr (Executive Director, Society of Notaries Public of BC )
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:15 Teaching Panel 1
Chair: Alan Treleaven (University of Victoria)
Presenters:
- Andrew Flavelle Martin (Schulich School of Law)
Beyond Knowledge: Teaching and Evaluating Civility and Professionalism as a Skill - Leslie Walden (University of Ottawa)
An Ethics and Professionalism Guide for Government Lawyering - Basil Alexander (University of New Brunswick)
Influencing Factors for the Teaching and Evaluation of Legal Ethics: Reflections and a Discussion Starter
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 5:45 Research Panel 2
Chair: Deanne Sowter (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Presenters:
- Andrew Flavelle Martin (Schulich School of Law)
Legal Ethics for Government Lawyers: Asking Uncomfortable Questions - Chris Sprysak (U Alberta Faculty of Law)
Should Canada Enhance How It Regulates the Provision of Tax Services? - Ksenia Polonskaya (Carleton University)
Frivolous Arbitral Challenges in International Investment Arbitration: The Limits of the Rules on Professional Responsibility.
6:30 Dinner at the University Club
Saturday, 21 October
8:15 – 9:00 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 CALE/ ACEJ AGM
9:30 – 11:00 Regulation Panel 2 - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Ethical Lawyering and Access to Justice
Chair: Carsten Jensen (FLSC Council Member for Alberta and Chair, FLSC Standing Committee on the Model Code of Professional Conduct)
Presenters:
- Mark Mossey (FLSC Council member for Nunavut, former President of the Law Society of Nunavut)
- Darcia Senft (General Counsel and Director, Policy and Ethics, Law Society of Manitoba)
- Lesley Small (Senior Director, Professional Development, Practice Support and Credentials, Law Society of British Columbia)
- Art Wilson (Manager, Access to Innovation, Law Society of Ontario)
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Teaching Panel 2
Chair: Basil Alexander (University of New Brunswick)
Presenters:
- Wendy Parkes & Jula Hughes (Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University)
Dancing with Demons – Teaching ethics and professionalism in the age of AI - Nikos Harris (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC)
Professionalism and Ethics in the Law Classroom: The Growing Challenge of Student Disengagement Due to Lecture Capture and Laptops - Jennifer Leitch (Trinity College, University of Toronto; Executive Director National Self-Represented Litigants Project)
Teachers, Students and Litigants: Bringing Experience to Theory
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Research Panel 3
Chair: Pooja Parmar (University of Victoria)
Presenters:
- Brooke MacKenzie
Costs of Counsel for Credibility Contests: Case studies from Ontario's Law Society Tribunal - Simon Wallace (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Using Computational Methods to Analyze the Discipline Decisions of the Law Society Tribunal (Ontario) - Phil Lord (Université de Moncton)
Recusal in Quebec Case Managed Proceedings - Basil Alexander (University of New Brunswick) and Stephen Pitel (Western Law)
Ethical, Legal, and Practical Concerns with the Model Code Amendments on Ex Parte Proceedings and Communications
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 3:30 Closing Remarks