CALE/ACEJ 2023 Conference

6:00 pm    Optional Dinner, Bard and Banker, 1022 Government Street

8:30 am    Registration and breakfast

9:15 am    Opening Remarks, Welcome and Territorial Acknowledgement

10:00 am   Research Panel 1

Chair: Patricia Cochran (University of Victoria)

Presenters:

• Amy Salyzyn (University of Ottawa), Ian Stedman (Osgoode Hall Law School), Shadi Nasseri (Osgoode Hall Law School)
  Neurotech and the Practice of Law: Legal Ethics Intersections
  
  
• Emma Cunliffe (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC)
  The Ethical Dimensions of Legal Storytelling
  
  
• Deanne Sowter (Osgoode Hall Law School)
  Intimate Partner Violence and Ethical Lawyering: Not Just Special Rules for Family Law

11:30 am  Break

11:45 am  CALE/ACEJ Awards

Stephen Pitel, President CALE/ ACEJ

12:00 pm     Lunch

1:15 pm       Regulation Panel 1: Legal Services Regulation- Ideas for Change in BC      

Chair: Robert G.W. Lapper (University of Victoria)

Presenters:

• Paul Craven (Assistant Deputy Minister, AGJS)
• Katie Armitage (AGJS - Policy and Legislation Division)
• Kerry Simmons KC (Executive Director, CBA BC Branch)
• Michael Lucas (General Counsel – Law Society of BC) 
• John Mayr (Executive Director, Society of Notaries Public of BC )
               

2:45 pm       Break

3:00 pm       Teaching Panel 1

Chair: Alan Treleaven (University of Victoria)

Presenters:

• Andrew Flavelle Martin (Schulich School of Law)
  Beyond Knowledge: Teaching and Evaluating Civility and Professionalism as a Skill
  
  
• Leslie Walden (University of Ottawa)
  An Ethics and Professionalism Guide for Government Lawyering
  
  
• Basil Alexander (University of New Brunswick)
  Influencing Factors for the Teaching and Evaluation of Legal Ethics: Reflections and a Discussion Starter

4:00 pm       Break

4:15 pm       Research Panel 2

Chair: Deanne Sowter (Osgoode Hall Law School)

 Presenters:

• Andrew Flavelle Martin (Schulich School of Law)
  Legal Ethics for Government Lawyers: Asking Uncomfortable Questions 
  
  
• Chris Sprysak (U Alberta Faculty of Law)
  Should Canada Enhance How It Regulates the Provision of Tax Services?

 6:30 pm       Dinner at the University Club 

8:15 am       Breakfast

8:30 am       CALE/ ACEJ AGM (during breakfast)

9:30 am     Regulation Panel 2 - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Ethical Lawyering and Access to Justice

Chair: Darcia Senft (General Counsel and Director, Policy and Ethics, Law Society of Manitoba)

 Presenters:

• Mark Mossey (FLSC Council member for Nunavut, former President of the Law Society of Nunavut)
• Darcia Senft (General Counsel and Director, Policy and Ethics, Law Society of Manitoba)
• Lesley Small (Senior Director, Professional Development, Practice Support and Credentials, Law Society of British Columbia)
• Art Wilson (Manager, Access to Innovation, Law Society of Ontario) 

11:00 am  Break

11:15 am  Teaching Panel 2

Chair: Basil Alexander (University of New Brunswick)

 Presenters:

• Wendy Parkes & Jula Hughes (Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University)
  Dancing with Demons – Teaching ethics and professionalism in the age of AI
  
  
• Nikos Harris (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC)
  Professionalism and Ethics in the Law Classroom:  The Growing Challenge of Student Disengagement Due to Lecture Capture and Laptops

12:15 pm     Lunch

1:30 pm       Research Panel 3

Chair: Pooja Parmar (University of Victoria)

Presenters:

• Brooke MacKenzie
  Costs of Counsel for Credibility Contests: Case studies from Ontario's Law Society Tribunal
  
  
• Simon Wallace (Osgoode Hall Law School)
  Using Computational Methods to Analyze the Discipline Decisions of the Law Society Tribunal (Ontario)
  
  
• Phil Lord (Université de Moncton)
  Recusal in Quebec Case Managed Proceedings
  
  
• Basil Alexander (University of New Brunswick) and Stephen Pitel (Western Law)
  Ethical, Legal, and Practical Concerns with the Model Code Amendments on Ex Parte Proceedings and Communications 

3:00 pm       Break 

3:15 pm       Closing Remarks

7:00 pm       Optional dinner, Ferris' Grill and Garden Patio, 536 Yates Street