AFCC Ontario Events

New to practice? New to Legal Aid? Wish you knew the secrets to LAO billing?

Learn more about:

• LAO billing for family and CYFSA matters
• What authorizations are available
• When and how to ask for Trial Authorization
• Mid Case Management Budget Program
• 2nd Chair certificates
• What Disbursements are available

Presenter:
Lisa Bernstein
Director External Relations Strategy & Public Affairs
Legal Aid Ontario

Via Zoom – Link and any materials will be distributed the day before the event.

Deadline to Register: September 27th @ 5:00 p.m.

Litigation Abuse – Insights regarding Coercive Control and Trauma-and Violence- Informed Practices

In Part 2 of AFCCO’s webinar series focused on Intimate Partner Violence, Dr, Katreena Scott (Academic Director of the Center for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University) and  Helgi Make (co-Editor of Trauma Informed Law: A Primer for Practicing Lawyers and a Pathway for Resilience and Healing) discuss litigation abuse and its relationship to coercive control and trauma. In addition to sharing current research knowledge, the session will include a discussion of how professionals can use Trauma Informed Lawyering and Trauma-and-Violence-Informed practices in relation to situations of existing or potential litigation abuse.

Deadline to Register: June 20th at 5 pm

Presenters: Dr. Katreena Scott; Helgi Maki

Webinar access link and any handouts will be sent to registrants the day before the event.

Visit the Annual Conference webpage for full details of the event

2023 15^th AGM & Annual Conference

What’s normal and what’s abnormal?
Best practices in the face of allegations of poor parenting, child abuse and family violence

October 19 & 20, 2023 in Toronto
(offered in person only)

Take advantage of an Early Bird rate by registering before July 31^st.
Final Registration Deadline: October 18th, 2023
Registrants will have the option to select in-person or virtual attendance. Please note your attendance selection CANNOT be changed after September 30.

Education Credits:
The Law Society has approved the conference for 3 professionalism credits.

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations will be accepted until September 30, 2023, minus a $50 administration fee. After September 30, registrations may be transferred to another individual for the original attendance type only (i.e. in-person, virtual).

Visit the Annual Conference webpage for full details of the event

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Family Violence and Family Law: Supporting the Health of Survivors of Family Violence in Family Law Proceedings

In Part 1 of a series of AFCC-O webinars focused on Family Violence and Family Law issues, lawyer/mediator Archana Medhekar, Department of Justice lawyer Robin Tremblay, and Department of Justice researchers Cherami Wichmann and Bianca Stumpf will discuss parenting arrangements and family violence, the HELP Toolkit – with a focus on cultural safety and a trauma-informed approach, feedback on the use of the HELP Toolkit, including use by mediators, and new/upcoming research on family law projects (including Child Support and Family Violence).

Deadline to Register: May 24th

Webinar access link and any handouts will be sent to registrants the day before the event.

Description de l’évènement: La pratique du droit de la famille et de la protection de l’enfance en français a évolué au cours des dernières années. Des nouveautés et des développements récents concernant les services en français et l’importance de notre langue et de la culture francophone continuent de façonner la pratique du droit dans ces deux domaines importants, partout au Canada.

Joignez-vous à nos panélistes distinguées pour discuter des points suivants:
·       Le plan parental de l’AFCC-O maintenant disponible en français
·       L’accès aux services en français devant les tribunaux familiaux dans les provinces et territoires canadiens
·       Les nombreux outils mis à la disponibilité des justiciables francophones impliqués dans un litige familial ou de
protection de l’enfance
·       La jurisprudence clé des dernières années touchant les justiciables francophones en matière de droit de la famille et de la protection de l’enfance

 Panélistes :
1.       Madame la Juge Julie Audet, Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario
2.       Me Vicky Ringuette, avocate, Vicky M. Ringuette

Date limite pour s’inscrire : La date limite pour s’inscrire est le mardi 28 mars 2023 à 17h.

Frais de participation
Membres de AFCC – Chapitre Ontario et de l’AJEFO : gratuit
Non-membres : 25$

Les informations pour accéder au webinaire seront distribués la veille de l’évènement.

Hear from counsel directly involved in this landmark case as they offer their insights and tips (including for draft orders) and they consider the potential implications for developments in the law.

Deadline to Register: January 30th

Webinar access link and any handouts will be sent to registrants the day before the event.

We are pleased to welcome Maureen Bulbrook, Victims and Vulnerable Persons counsel from the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, for a presentation about Sec.90(2) Identification Orders and the importance of the FNIM identification, as well as the Act Respecting FNIM Children Youth and Families.

Discussion points will include:

• the need to make the finding asap,
• what efforts the court should expect of the CAS to help the families/child locate a FNIM community,
• the importance of the CAS to ensure paragraph 9 of their POC contains information as to how the CAS will keep the child connected or reconnect to the child’s FNIM community, and
• the requirement of a cultural safety plan.

Registration Deadline: February 14, 2023

The link and any materials will be sent to registrants the day before the event.