Court of Appeal of Quebec - Spring Education Meeting 2021

Overview

This spring education meeting allowed judges of Québec’s highest court to explore a wide range of topics of interest to their work, including judicial writing, civil procedure, evidence, issues related to the digitization of justice, and the ethical principles for judges.

Objective

Over the course of the program held over three half-days, participants acquired new knowledge on a variety of topics, as well as new skills and tools that they will be able to apply in their daily duties. They also explored the social context of relevant topics.

Summary

This spring education meeting focused on the three dimensions of judicial education: acquiring knowledge, developing skills and abilities, and developing awareness of the social context relating to a variety of legal and justice issues. The first day centred on practical issues, including drafting the conclusion in Court judgments. The second day dealt with the Canadian Judicial Council’s new ethical principles for judges, highly publicized trials, the virtual judge-alone pilot project, and criminal forensic psychiatry. The last day included sessions on emojis, emoticons and other digital pictograms in law, and the transformation of the justice system.