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Upcoming Seminars

Join Professor Steven Penney and Professor Peter Sankoff in their sixth annual End of Year Review, taking a look at the jurisprudential highlights and lowlights from 2025. They analyze the key cases, add their insight, and make a few predictions for 2026.
January 9th, 2026Top Cases of 2025 Awards
Get the Honourable Russell Brown's takes on the evolving “law and order” environment, concerns about how the system is changing, and what defence lawyers can do to fight for their clients.
February 6th, 2026The Role of Criminal Trial Lawyers in a Rapidly Evolving Justice System - The Honourable Russell Brown
This seminar aims to discuss the existing criminal law landscape, focusing on the biggest issues of the moment. This year, Peter Sankoff, Kyla Lee, Thomas Hynes and Rebecca McConchie will focus will be Bill C-16, and how it will impact defence practice.
March 6th, 2026The State of the Union: Contemporary Issues in Criminal Law
Professor Steven Penney will present concrete proposals to clarify the Police powers law for the benefit of the front line justice system actors who must interpret and apply it on a daily basis: police, lawyers, and the lower courts.
April 10th, 2026The Judicial Regulation of Police Powers - Steven Penney
The law governing sexual assault trials evolves more quickly than most people can keep up. In this annual seminar, Peter Sankoff gives an update and discusses the latest trends and developments.
May 8th, 2026Sexual Assault Update

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Professor Sankoff's Guide to Criminal Defences

Professor Sankoff’s Guide to Criminal Defences

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Everybody Loses: The Canadian Sexual Assault Trial

In this powerful and provocative presentation, Professor Peter Sankoff confronts one of the most pressing issues in Canadian criminal law: the slow-motion collapse of sexual assault trials into a procedural and structural quagmire. 

This presentation is essential viewing for anyone involved in criminal justice—lawyers, judges, students, policymakers, and academics alike. It will change how you think about sexual assault law in Canada.

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A Modest “Win/Win” Proposal

In this video, Professor Sankoff takes a stab at fixing one of the core problems with sexual assault trials: the fact that they are taking too long to complete, and the fact that delay is caused by the sheer volume of pre-trial applications required. This is a “modest” proposal designed to make things better. It is not a complete fix, but it is “win/win” in that the only party that really loses from this proposal is those who love delay.

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