Previous Webinars, Conferences and Seminars
Previous Webinars, Conferences and Seminars
For more than fifteen(15) years the AICJQ has been offering bi-annual continuing legal education seminars, but since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Association needed to accommodate its members and focused its efforts on webinars in order to continue to offer its members and the legal community, webinars recognized by the Barreau du Québec for the obligatory training required for continuing legal education.
Prior Webinars:
June 16, 2022
Title: Non-respect des délais: Suivie pratique pour limiter les risques
Presenter: Mtre. Aurélie Lompré
March 26, 2022
Title: Understanding and Navigation the EU Single Market: A Canadian Legal Perspective
Presenter: Mtre. Mark Camilleri
September 25, 2021
Title : Commercial lease litigation during the pandemic
Presenter: Mtre. Gabriel Di Genova
May 1, 2021
Title : Loi 64 – Bill 64 : Major reform of personal information laws in Quebec
Presenter: Mtre. Antoine Alwin
February 27, 2021
Title : Federal support programs: Summary of economic mesures provided within Covid -19
Presenter : Miro Froethlich
May 28, 2022
Title: Human Rights in the Federal Jurisdiction.
Presenter: Mtre. Sheila Osborne-Brown
February 26, 2022
Title: The Basics of the Youth Division Court in Quebec
Presenter: Mtre. Marie-Stéphane Gendron
June 19, 2021
Title : CUSMA (NAFTA) 2.0 Whats new and different from NAFTA
Presenter: Christian Siviére
April 10, 2021
Title : Social programs at the municipale Court(s)
Presenters: Mtres Valentina Corsetti & Mary Teresa Panetta
May 29, 2021
Title : The fundamentals of a successful law practice – embracing the obvious
Presenter: Mtre. Ralph Mastromonaco
April 30, 2022
Title: What Constitutes Captation & Renders a Heir Unworthy of Inheriting in Quebec?
Presenter: Mtre. Celina Toia
November 27, 2021
Title : Customary Law of Human Rights
Presenter: Dr. William Schabas
May 29, 2021
Title: Investor States Dispute in CETA
Presenter: Mtre. Amadou Barry
April 30, 2022
Presenter : Mtre. Melissa Infusino
Here are past conferences, seminars.
January 29, 2022
Title : The Hague convention on the civil aspects of International child abduction and the Supreme Court of Canada
Presenter : Mtre. Maria R. Battaglia
Past Special Conferences
Title : Systemic racism & racial profiling
Moderator(s) : Mtres. Ralph Mastromonaco & Nada Boumeftah
Presenter(s) : Mtres. Julius Grey & Frederic Berard, The Honorable Judge Louis Lebel, Mtre. Mike Simeon, The Honorable Marlene Jennings, Joel de Bellefeuille, Alain Babineau, Mtres Bruce Johnston & Fernando Belton
Past Seminars
25e Colloque
15 juin 2024 08h30
Mes Battaglia, Lompré, Guerin, De Cola David, Hanna El Fishawy, Me Knafo, Pietro Poletti
24e Colloque
27 janvier 2024 08h30
Présenté par
Mes Bérard, Schiro, Macri, M. Poletti
23e Colloque
3 juin 2023 08h30
Présenté par
Mes Battaglia, Knafo, Macri, M.lejuge Mascia, Me Spina
22nd Seminar - Amendements to the « la loi sur les normes du travail »
16 November 2019
In Quebec, the rights and obligations of workers and employers are contained in the Act respecting labor standards. The labour standards objectives are to protect employees by imposing minimum acceptable working conditions. Recently, the National Assembly adopted significant changes to this Act. The purpose of this conference is to provide an overview of the law with a discussion on the modifications brought about by the recent legislative amendment to the Act. Mtre. Aristeo will expose the comparative study between the prior rights &obligations of workers and employers and the modifications of their rights & obligations.
Presented by
Mtre. Lina Adrianna Aristeo
22nd Seminar - The practice of a defense lawyer as pertains to road infractions – with reference to the book « Motocyclistes, vous avez des droits! »
16 November 2019
A presentation on the rights and obligations of motorcyclists under the Quebec Highway Safety Code , CSR. Mtre. Vaillancourt examines the practice, as a defense lawyer, regarding those traffic offenses, summerizing the general principles contained in his book “Motocyclistes, vous ont des droits”.
Presented by
Mtre. Hugo Vaillancourt
22nd Seminar - Immigration and the refugee protection system in Canada, Part II
16 November 2019
This conference given by Mtre Gabriele Spina, who is legal adviser to the federal government, at the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, presents the second part of a presentation given previously concerning asylum applications before the Refugee Board and the interventions of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. The presenter analyzes the relevant laws&applicable regulations, examines the case law, the burden of proof requirements as well as the various criteria and exclusions provided for in the law ®ulations of immigration.
Presented by
Mtre. Gabriele Spina
22nd Seminar - Social programs offered at the Montreal Municipal Court
16 November 2019
The purpose of this conference is to expose the various social programs at the Municipal Court of the City of Montreal. Mtre. Johnson provides an overview of the following programs: POINT FINAL - the program which aims to help defendants in cases of impaired driving, CONCILIATION - the program which targets cases that involve acquaintances (co-workers, friends, neighbors), PAJTO - the drug addiction justice support program, EVE - the program aimed to help females accused of economic crime cases (theft, fraud, shoplifting), CÔTÉ COUR - the program which aims to assist victims of domestic violence, PAJSM - the mental health justice support program, and PAJMA - the elder abuse justice support program.
Presented by
Mtre. Jason Lee Johnson
22nd Seminar - Prosecutorial Discretion: The Crown’s Right to Repudiate a Plea Agreement
16 November 2019
An exhaustive study of the R v. Couche-Tard Inc decision in Superior Court and before the Court of Appeal of Quebec. In this judgement, the prosecution brings (2) two charges against Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. It accuses the defendants of having conspired to prevent or reduce competition in the retail sale of gasoline, contrary to article 45 (1) c of the Competition Act. The prosecutor and the defense lawyer establish an agreement but after signing the agreement, it is repudiated by the said prosecutors' superior and the same charges are brought against a related entity. The latter files a motion for stay of proceedings. The Court of Appeal rules on the parties arguments concerning the agreement negotiated between the prosecutor and the defense and the decision of the Director of Prosecution to repudiate the agreement reached between the parties. Mtre. Paci exposes the arguments from both parties on the legal points being debated in the courts on this eminently important issue.
Presented by
Mtre. Marc J. Paci