Customized Training

Why Choose CIAJ’s Custom Training?

Recognized Expertise: Benefit from the experience of expert trainers who are at the forefront of legal developments. Our trainers are recognized professionals in their fields, with deep knowledge of legal issues and emerging trends.

Tailored Content: Whether you need training on family law reforms, Indigenous courts, decision writing, or any other legal topic, we adapt the content to make it relevant and directly applicable to your specific context.

Flexibility: We know your time is valuable. That’s why our training can be delivered in person or online, according to your preferences. We work around your schedule to provide you with the optimal learning experience.

Practical Learning: Our programs combine theoretical presentations, discussions, and hands-on workshops to facilitate learning. You’ll leave with concrete tools and strategies you can immediately apply to your daily work.

Who Can Benefit from Our Training Programs?

Our training is designed for all legal professionals, including:

• Courts, tribunals, and commissions looking to deepen their knowledge of specific topics, such as decision writing.
• Law firms seeking to enhance their team’s skills.
• Public or private institutions looking to improve the expertise of their legal departments.

Our Key Training Topics

We offer a wide range of personalized training covering various aspects of law and justice administration. Here are some of our featured topics:

• Indigenous Justice: Administrative law and Indigenous legislative drafting, Indigenous values and culturally respectful approaches in justice administration, dispute resolution skills, specificities of Indigenous courts, and more.
• The Art of Writing: Decision writing, judgment writing, reasons writing, writing reasons in sexual assault cases, and more.
• Personal and Collective Development: Cognitive biases and prejudices, resilience, procrastination, well-being, plain language communication, case and time management, collective work environment, teamwork, communication, and more.
• Technology and Law: The functioning and use of AI, current legal frameworks, ethical and regulatory challenges, emerging trends and future projections, practical strategies, and more.
• Specialized Topics: Administrative tribunal management, conducting hearings and handling evidence, managing self-represented litigants, and more.

How It Works

1- Needs Assessment: We start with a consultation to understand your goals and challenges.

2- Program Design: In collaboration with our experts, we develop a bilingual, customized training program that aligns with your level of experience. We leverage our extensive network of experts, including experienced judges, esteemed academics, lawyers, and consultants from across the country.

3- Training Delivery: We deliver the training at a time and in a format that works best for you.

4- Follow-Up and Evaluation: After the training, we provide follow-up to assess the results.

Trusted by These Organizations!

“The best training I’ve ever attended.”

“Very practical. Concrete. Excellent team of trainers.”

“Exceptional and a must for all judges.”

“This course transformed how I approach writing judgments.”

“One of the best courses I’ve taken in my life, and probably the most useful.”

Contact Us to Learn More

For more information or to request custom training, please contact our Executive Director, Ms. Christine O’Doherty:

• Phone: 514-731-2855
• Email: christine.odoherty@ciaj-icaj.ca