Building a Constitutional Challenge | CPDonline.ca

Building a Constitutional Challenge

Building a Constitutional Challenge

To purchase this video please click “Add to Cart”.

Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.
Credits
Professionalism (Ethics, etc.): 0.25
Substantive: 0.75
Published
2014
Presenter(s)
Paul Burstein
Jamie Klukach
Howard Krongold
Source
County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
1 hour
Price
$119.00 plus tax
26th DCAO/CCLA Criminal Law Conference

This panel will primarily focus on substantive criminal law issues relating to effective means of bringing Charter applications before the trial court.  In addition, it is anticipated that the following professionalism topics will be addressed:

  • Duties related to advocacy, including avoiding sharp practice and the need to be fair in making submissions on the law;
  • Duties related to the marginalized and/or disadvantaged client;
  • Duties related to courtesy to opposing counsel and the court.

Presenters

Paul Burstein

Since 1992, Paul has specialized in criminal and constitutional litigation. He has argued appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Appeal. He has been involved in notable cases at both trial and on appeal, such as R. v. Brown, Francis and Grant (the “Just Desserts” trial), and R. v. Bernardo (appeal to Court of Appeal for Ontario), to mention a few. For eight years, Paul served as the Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Intensive Programme in Criminal Law. Paul is still involved with the Trial Advocacy courses offered by the Law School to both students and practitioners and was an adjunct professor at Queen's Law School teaching both trial and appellate advocacy from 2006 through 2013. After serving as a Director for 13 years, in November of 2009, Paul became President of the Criminal Lawyers' Association, the largest group of its kind in Canada.

Jamie Klukach

Jamie Klukach has worked as Crown counsel at the Crown Law Office, Criminal Division since her call to the bar in 1989. She practices exclusively in the area of criminal law with emphasis on appellate litigation. She has taught criminal law courses at Queen’s University Law School and at Osgoode Hall Law School for the past 10 years. She actively participates in a variety of continuing legal education programs.

Howard Krongold

Howard Krongold is a partner at Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP. His practice focusses on criminal and quasi-criminal appeals and complex trials. Howard has argued several significant cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, and has appeared as lead counsel in over 60 appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Howard is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches The Law of Evidence, and he regularly lectures at professional education conferences. He is currently a director of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association.

Practice Areas

Share this Page