UPCOMING SEMINARS
All our seminars are accredited for CPD credit with every Canadian Law Society (except Quebec).
Do Juries know Best? Exploring the Pitfalls and Opportunities of a Trial by “Your Peers” – Michael Lacy
11am MDT, Friday, May 9th, 2025
In this special seminar, join one of the country’s best trial lawyers to learn all about how to approach a jury trial. When should you pick one, how should you approach jury challenges and what are the biggest tips to focus on in presenting your case? Lots of tips and techniques to maximize your client’s chances of winning a trial before a jury of their peers!
Michael Lacy is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer practicing primarily in the area of criminal. He has practiced at all levels of trial courts in Ontario and is a certified specialist in criminal law. His trial practice has included large project cases involving electronic surveillance including Part VI wiretap authorizations. He has also provided expert evidence in criminal law in professional negligence cases and as an expert on Canadian extradition law in London, England.
Sexual Assault – New Update
11am MDT, Friday, June 6th, 2025
The law governing sexual assault trials evolves more quickly than most people can keep up. In this seminar, Peter Sankoff gives an update and discusses the latest trends and developments. Expect to hear updates about “myths and stereotypes”, the law governing s 276, the records regime and more.
TBA
11am MDT, Friday, July 4th, 2025
More than Just a Good Closing: Strategies and Tips for Running a Great Jury Trial – Brian Beresh
11am MDT, Friday, September 5th, 2025
For many defence lawyers, running a jury trial is daunting and fearful. It shouldn’t be. With proper preparation and tools, it should be exhilarating, career-enhancing and successful… besides, it is your client’s constitutional right to be tried by peers. Brian Beresh will cover all issues from jury selection to opening addresses to effectively objecting without insulting, the strategies used to present evidence more effectively, to calling defence evidence and closing addresses. Hopefully, all of these strategies and tips will lead to success and a verdict of not guilty.
Brian A. Beresh K.C., is the senior and founding partner of Beresh Law and has been practicing law for almost 50 years. He has been defence counsel in over 200 jury trials and has represented over 300 people charged with murder/manslaughter, some of whom have been individuals charged with multiple counts of murder. He has defended thousands of individuals charged with sexual assault, drug offences and weapons offences, has defended numerous complex white-collar fraud and theft allegations, and has been involved, directly or indirectly, with over 100 cases before the Supreme Court of Canada.
TBA
11am MDT, Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Making the Most of Section 24(2)
11am MST, Friday, November 7th, 2025
Proving a Charter violation of your client’s rights is just one piece of the exclusionary puzzle. To get the remedy you actually need, it’s essential to do everything you can to show that admission “could bring the administration of justice into disrepute”. In this practical seminar, Professor Peter Sankoff will provide tips and tools to make the most of your Charter exclusion motion, providing an answer to the question of: how do I get evidence secured by a Charter breach excluded under s 24(2)?
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