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National Judicial Institute
March 29 2022 - April 1 2022

Criminal Law Seminar 2022

This seminar was designed for judges hearing criminal matters and canvassed recent developments in criminal law with a focus on the challenges for trial judges.

Number of Participants: 69

Overview

This seminar was designed for judges hearing criminal matters and canvassed recent developments in criminal law with a focus on the challenges for trial judges.  

Objective

The objectives of this seminar were to provide an update on the latest significant criminal law developments and enhance skills in trial management. It also sought to address a combination of substantive law, social context issues, and skills development based on a variety of recent and emerging topics in Canadian criminal law.

Summary

Led by experienced judges and other criminal law experts, the seminar used a combination of presentations and interactive discussions to cover the following topics: assessing credibility and reliability; perception, memory and eyewitness identification; sentencing; finding fact in the modern era; sexual assault law; entrapment in the context of the internet; jury trials in the wake of R. v Chouhan and Covid-19; and a keynote address on wrongful convictions. Judicial participants had the opportunity to apply the concepts discussed during the seminar by using fact scenarios, answering interactive polling questions, and engaging in small-group discussions with their peers.