Entitlement to Spousal Support & the SSAGs; Challenges & Possibilities of Legal Coaching in Family Law; Access to Justice & The Self-represented Party | CPDonline.ca

Entitlement to Spousal Support and the SSAGs; Challenges and Possibilities of Legal Coaching in Family Law; Access to Justice & The Self-represented Party

Entitlement to Spousal Support and the SSAGs; Challenges and Possibilities of Legal Coaching in Family Law; Access to Justice & The Self-represented Party

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Credits
Professionalism (Ethics, etc.): 0.75
45 minutes
Substantive: 0.5
30 minutes
Published
2017
Presenter(s)
Nicholas Bala
Nikki Gershbain
Jennifer Jolly
Source
County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
75 minutes
Price
$129.00 plus tax
26th Annual Institute of Family Law
Includes Handouts

This speaker is the National Director of Pro Bono Students Canada. Her presentation will be on how we address access to justice issues by providing legal services to clients in different ways, and how we can support self-represented litigants by acting as legal coaches, including our professional obligations to the court and to our client. Her presentation will be on professionalism which will cover access to justice issues, improving client services and ethical advocacy.

Client service: access to justice issues

Professional Responsibility: Rule 2 (Integrity) and 5 - duty to the administration of justice

Ethical Advocacy - encouraging respect for legal institutions Practice management -  use of limited scope retainers

This speaker will provide a response to the previous speaker in dealing with self­ represented litigants from a lawyer's perspective. Her presentation will focus on professionalism, best practices and access to justice issues and principles

Client service: access to justice issues             

Professional Responsibility: Rule 2 (Integrity) and 5 - duty to the administration of justice

Ethical Advocacy -  encouraging respect for legal institutions

Presenters

Professor Nicholas Bala

Nicholas Bala has been a Professor of Law at Queen's University since 1980. Nick is a leading international authority on legal issues related to families and children, including the role of children in the courts, high conflict separations and parental alienation, domestic violence and juvenile justice. Much of his research is interdisciplinary and collaborative. His work is frequently cited by judges, including in the Supreme Court of Canada, and all levels of court in Ontario. His contributions to family law research and professional education were recognized when he was awarded Law Society Medal in 2008, and in 2013 he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. He was also the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Family Law in 2008.

National Director Nikki Gershbain

Jennifer Jolly

Jennifer has practised family law since her call to the bar in 1993. Since 2007 she has practised in this area almost exclusively, having a complimentary Estate Litigation Practise. Jennifer has also practised employment and labour law as well as insurance defense and personal injury law, as well as being a member of the Planning Committee for the Civil Litigation Updated Conference for 10 years. Jennifer was re-elected as a Trustee for the CCLA and serves on the Family Law Bench and Bar Committee. As of late, a great deal of her practise involves litigation with self-represented parties.

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