Upcoming programs

Upcoming programs

May 2019

National Roundtable on Administrative Law | Masters in Our House: Adjudicative Sovereignty versus Judicial Oversight

Date: May 25, 2019 / 08:00 am
Location: Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, 1050 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2R6
Join our distinguished panel of judges, lawyers, academics and tribunal members to discuss current administrative law topics.
• Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory

Decision Writing Seminar
– Joint program with CCAT

Date: May 29-30, 2019
Location: Tribunal administratif du travail, 500 René-Lévesque Blvd West, suite 17.401, Montreal, QC H2Z 1W7
This two-day seminar on decision writing provides essential tools for decision writers, new or experienced, to improve their decision writing skills. It includes lectures, discussions, and workshops that stress the nature of good prose, gender neutral language and the special requirements and challenges of decision writing. Bilingual program.
• Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory

June 2019

Judgment Writing Seminar

Date: June 25-28, 2019
Location: Montreal, QC
This seminar is designed to assist judges in improving their judgment-writing skills. The program includes lectures, discussions, and workshops that stress the nature of good prose, point-first writing and the special requirements and special challenges of judicial writing. Bilingual program with simultaneous interpretation.
• Participation in this program is approved under Section 41 (1) of the Judges Act.

October 2019

2019 Annual Conference on "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Social Media on Legal Institutions"

Date: October 16-18, 2019
Location: Le Bonne Entente Hotel, 3400 Chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, QC, G1X 1S6
CIAJ’s 2019 Annual Conference on "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Social Media on Legal Institutions" is taking a hard, critical look at the challenges that courts and the legal profession must face in order to maintain public confidence in the administration of justice. Bilingual program with simultaneous interpretation.

Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges (Fall Program)
– Joint program with the NJI

Date: October 26 - November 1, 2019
Location: Victoria, BC
This program is designed so that new judges may participate in sessions that are most relevant to them topically. Throughout the week, the seminar subjects are divided between those that apply to Common Law jurisdictions, those that apply to Civil Law jurisdictions, or both.
• Participation in this program is approved under Section 41 (1) of the Judges Act.

November 2019

Dialogues on Judging: Challenges and Rewards of a Long-Serving Career
– Joint program with the NJI

Date: November 13-15, 2019
Location: Toronto, ON
Dialogues on Judging: Challenges and Rewards of a Long-Serving Career is a unique program designed specifically for long-serving judges. Through lectures, discussions, and interactive activities, this program will allow judges to engage with, share, and learn from colleagues who are at a similar stage of their judicial career. Bilingual program with simultaneous interpretation.
• Participation in this program is approved under Section 41 (1) of the Judges Act.

January 2020

Save the date!

Date: January 1 - December 31, 2020
Location: Across Canada
Click to view the preliminary list of upcoming 2020 training programs.

April 2020

Mastering the Skill of Judgment Writing
– Joint program with the NJI

Date: April 26-30, 2020
Location: Vancouver, BC
Mastering the Skill of Judgment Writing is an intensive program that will help judges take their judicial writing skills to an advanced level. The seminar features extensive small-group work and individualized feedback on writing problems from experienced judicial faculty and experts on judicial writing.
• Participation in this program is approved under Section 41 (1) of the Judges Act.

Past programs