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Training that never stops

For the sake of transparency, since 2018, the Council annually publishes a list of courses and seminars available during the previous fiscal year. The following is a list of courses, seminars and other learning activities attended by federally appointed judges to continue their learning and enhance their knowledge.

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Programs (25)
  • November 29 2023 - December 1 2023

    Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Education Seminar

    Led by experienced judges and legal academics, this program used a combination of lectures, discussion, and interactive elements. Sessions included a "primer" on hearsay including a review of the traditional exceptions and the “principled approach” for admissibility; an interactive discussion on issues arising in domestic contracts; a session on estate litigation including how estate law intersects with family law; and practical sessions designed to increase judicial skills in managing jury trials and conducting bail review hearings. The program also included a presentation on the intersection of coercive control and human trafficking, in which participants heard from a survivor, a representative of law enforcement and academic faculty.

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  • November 30 2022 - December 2 2022

    Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Education Seminar - Fall 2022

    This seminar provided training on a variety of substantive law, social context and judicial skills related topics. The sessions included an examination of recent and significant cases in sexual assault law, interviewing children, guardianship of the person, the jury selection process and managing difficult litigants.

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  • June 27 2022 - June 30 2022

    Judgment Writing 2022

    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. Since the art of writing is a skill that, like all skills, can be improved only through practice, much of the instruction will centre on written exercises and judgments.

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  • June 3 2022 - June 3 2022

    Advanced judicial seminar on administrative law 2022

    The Seminar is designed to address advanced administrative law topics of specific interest to judges. The program includes lectures and discussions. This one-day program is for both Common Law and Civil Law judges who have expertise or would like to develop/expand their understanding of a particular area of administrative law. Judicial review represents a significant part of the case load for Canada’s superior court judges.

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  • May 11 2022 - May 13 2022

    Civil Law Seminar 2022

    This intensive program was intended for judges who hear civil matters and explored tort law, as well as public and private law remedies as pandemic events unfolded. Participants explored ways the legal system and the judicial system adjusted to the pandemic to provide remedies for novel wrongs and claims, and the extent to which traditional theories of liability were adapted to social change and technical developments.

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