Join colleagues from across the Atlantic Provinces for a day of learning and networking. Connect with your colleagues, hear from senior litigators, gain insights from the bench – including all four Atlantic Chief Justices – and maximize your advocacy skills. Continue networking at the post-program virtual cocktail reception.
Program Chairs:
Michelle M. Kelly,
Cox & Palmer
Peter C. McVey, Q.C.,
Department of Justice (NS)
Topics Include:
- Judicial Perspectives on the COVID Experience
- The Duty to Consult: Effective Advice & Representation
- Civility and Professionalism for Advocates
- How Life Experience Informs Impartial Decision Making
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Faculty Includes:
The Honourable Chief Justice Tracey L. Clements, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
The Honourable Chief Justice Tracey K. DeWare, Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick
The Honourable Chief Justice Deborah K. Smith, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable Chief Justice Raymond P. Whalen, Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Honourable Justice John Bodurtha, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable Judge Perry Borden, Provincial and Family Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable Judge Aleta Cromwell, Provincial and Family Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable J. Michael MacDonald, Stewart McKelvey
The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe, Arbitration Place
Sheree Conlon, Q.C., Stewart McKelvey
Sean Foreman, Q.C., Legal Services, Nova Scotia Department of Justice
Rosalie Francis, RFrancis Law
David Hooley, Q.C., Cox & Palmer
Ben Johnson, Stewart McKelvey
Lynn Murray, Q.C., Key Murray Law
Guy J. Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Derek Simon, Burchells LLP
1:00 – 1:05
Introductory Remarks and Welcome
Guy J. Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
1:05 – 1:50
The COVID Experience – Judicial Perspectives
The Honourable Tracey L. Clements, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
The Honourable Tracey K. DeWare, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick
The Honourable Deborah K. Smith, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable Raymond P. Whalen, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
Moderator: Peter McVey, Q.C., Nova Scotia Department of Justice
1:50 - 1:55
Break
1:55 – 2:40
Civility and Professionalism for Advocates
The Honourable Judge Perry Borden, Provincial and Family Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable Judge Aleta Cromwell, Provincial and Family Court of Nova Scotia
The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe, Arbitration Place
Moderator: The Honourable J. Michael MacDonald, Stewart McKelvey
2:40 – 2:45
Break
2:45 – 3:15
Keynote Address: How Life Experience Informs Impartial Decision Making
The Honourable Judge John Bodurtha, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Moderator: Ben Johnson, Stewart McKelvey
Introduced by: Sheree L. Conlon, Q.C., Stewart McKelvey
3:15 – 3:20
Break
3:20 – 4:20
The Duty to Consult: Effective Advice & Representation
Rosalie Francis, RFrancis Law
David Hooley, Q.C., Cox & Palmer, P.E.I.
Lynn Murray, Q.C., Key Murray Law, P.E.I
Derek Simon, Burchells LLP, N.S.
Moderator: Sean Foreman, Q.C., Legal Services, Nova Scotia Department of Justice
4:20 – 4:30
Closing Comments