Our Section is a great way to connect with over 500 colleagues across Canada and to develop insights, relationships and expertise across multiple areas of practice. I encourage you to take part. With a few member-at-large positions for the upcoming year still open, please consider getting involved. You can join one of our committees and share questions and information on our listserv. We also have a LinkedIn page and Twitter feed that you can follow and support.
Feel free to reach out to me or to members of the Executive with questions, concerns and feedback. In particular, if there are topics or issues you would like to see covered or addressed in 2023-2024, do not hesitate to let us know.
Sarah Dennene
Chair, CBA Child and Youth Law Section, 2022-2023
UPCOMING SYMPOSIUM – JOIN US ONLINE OCTOBER 20, 2023
Best Practices in Youth Criminal Justice Practice and Administration: National, International and Indigenous Perspectives
On October 20, join us for a national symposium on the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) administration across Canada. Hear from a pan Canadian faculty of defense counsel, crown prosecutors, judges, and academics as they identify best practices in their jurisdictions, address problems and gaps and discuss how a collective consideration of all can lead to substantial improvement and consistency across Canada.
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MEMBER ARTICLES
We invite our members to submit articles to be published on the CBA webpage and LinkedIn page. Articles can be written by Section members or co-authored with legal professionals or scholars.
If you would like to submit a member article, please contact Tina Parbhakar.
Check out our latest member article below!
Legal representation for children in family violence and Resist-Refuse Contact Cases: Article Summary by Michael Zimmerman.
The Honourable Donna Martinson, K.C. recently released an article, “Treating Children as Full Rights Bearers: Independent Legal Representation for Children in Family Violence and/or Resist-Refuse Contact Cases”.
This Learning Brief is part of the Alliance of Canadian Research Centres’ project “Supporting the Health of Survivors of Family Violence in Family Law Proceedings”, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
In the article, the Honourable Donna Martinson, K.C. puts forward detailed recommendations on how we can ensure that children are treated as full rights bearers. A brief summary is provided.
ADVOCACY YEAR IN REVIEW
Thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you in 2023-2024!
CBA Child & Youth Law Executive Committee