Upcoming programs

Programs

Upcoming programs

Calendar

May 2024

Webinar | Judicial Review of Regulations: Vavilov or Vires?

Date: May 23, 2024

Location: Online: 90-minute webinar beginning at 3:30 pm ET (see the different time zones across Canada)

This webinar will consider the traditional approaches to reviewing government regulations and how (if at all) they can be reconciled with the approach in Vavilov, particularly the reasonableness standard of review.
• English program

September 2024

Legislative Drafting Conference (2024 Edition)

Date: September 16-18, 2024

Location: Online & In Person: Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON

The biennial Legislative Drafting Conference will tackle the most important challenges in modern legislation.
• Participation at this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.

Past programs

2023-11-09 Webinar | The Power of Languages and Stories in Drafting Indigenous Laws
2022-11-16 Webinar | Legislative Drafting [series] - Cosmetics Regulation and Product Labelling in Canada: The Challenges
2022-09-08 Legislative Drafting Conference (2022 Edition)
2021-06-07 Legislative Drafting Webinar | Legislative Drafting in Time of Pandemic
2021-05-17 Legislative Drafting Webinar | Artificial Intelligence in Administrative Decision-Making
2020-10-01 Online Program | Legislative Drafting Conference (20th Anniversary) | Making Laws in a Post-Modern World: Are You Ready?
2020-06-17 Legislative Drafting Webinar | Judicial Review of Delegated Legislation: The Long and Winding Road to Vavilov
2019-03-20 Webinaire sur la rédaction législative (in French only)
2019-03-11 Webinar on Legislative Drafting: A Rules-based Approach to Measuring Prescriptivity in Canadian Regulations
2018-09-13 2018 Legislative Drafting Conference: Charting Legislative Courses in a Complex World
2018-05-23 Webinar on Legislative Drafting (in French)
2017-11-14 Webinar on Legislative Drafting: Mathematics in Legislation
2017-02-01 Webinar on Legislative Drafting
Legislative Drafting and Legislated Forms: Plato, Prescription and Paradox
2016-09-12 Legislative Drafting Conference – The New Legislative Counsel: At the Intersection of Law, Policy and Politics