Webinar, Panel 10 | Do Modern Communication Techniques and Public Opinion Affect Judicial Decision-Making? (1:24:43)

Panel Ten | Do Modern Communication Techniques and Public Opinion Affect Judicial Decision-Making?
Friday, October 18, 2019  Ι  10:45 – Noon

Language: Charles Moumouni (in English), Lucie Rondeau in French), Michele H. Hollins (in English)

Accreditation: Accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory (1 hr 15). / Specific accreditations: 25 minutes professionalism (Ontario) / 1 hr 15 ethics (Saskatchewan) / Formation dont l’admissibilité a été confirmée par le Barreau du Québec aux fins de la formation continue obligatoire, pour une durée de 1 h 15.

To what extent must we critically examine the procedure and methods of judging and how we communicate our decisions? This panel will look at how judges explain their decisions and whether they should change. It will look at judgment writing as well as communicating and disseminating decisions. Should courts expand media coverage of what they do? This panel will also discuss how legal institutions must remain relevant.

Chair

  • Mr. Patrick A. Molinari, Ad. E., FRSC, Lavery Lawyers; President, CIAJ

Speakers

  • Professor Charles Moumouni, Information and Communication Department, Université Laval; Legal Counsel, DS Lawyers Canada
  • The Honourable Chief Judge Lucie Rondeau, Court of Québec
  • The Honourable Justice Michele H. Hollins, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

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