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November 27-29, 2008Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON
Events:
Thursday November 27, 2008, 6 to 10 p.m.Hospitality Suite – Come join us for drinks and hospitality
Friday November 28, 2008, 1 p.m.Advocacy lecture in memory of the Honourable Justice John Sopinka
Friday November 28, 2008, 4:45 to 5 p.m.CLA Annual General Meeting
Friday November 28, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m.Join us for a cocktail reception
Saturday November 29, 2008, 8 to 9 a.m.Women in criminal law breakfast
Saturday November 29, 2008, 1 p.m.Presentation of the G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Awardto the Honourable David Humphrey, Senior
Cancellation Policy:For cancellations received by November 17, 2008, a full refund is available minus a $50 administration fee. No cancellations will be accepted after November 17, 2008. Substitutions will be permitted if the office is notified by November 24, 2008. All can-cellations must be submitted in writing by e-mail ([email protected]) or fax (416-968-6818).
Hotel RegistrationThe association has secured a limited number of rooms at a special rate with the Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel:
$189 (single/double occupancy)(quoted in Canadian dollars before tax)
Hotel reservations must be received by November 6, 2008. After that date, rooms are subject to availability. Please say that you are attending the CLA conference when booking your rooms to receive the special hotel rate.
Reservation contact information:Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel525 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2L2 Tel: 1-800-228-9290 or 416-597-9200
Register todayNEW THIS YEAR - REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.criminallawyers.ca
Mail or fax the inserted Conference Registration form to: Criminal Lawyersʼ Association, 296 Jarvis Street, Unit 7, Toronto, ON M5B 2C5 Fax: 416-968-6818 • Tel: 416-214-9875 Note: Registration must be accompanied by payment. Faxed registrations will be accepted only if payment is made by credit card. Registrations must be received by November 17, 2008. Confirmations will be sent only by e-mail. For multiple registrations, please copy this form. At-the-door registrations will NOT be accepted.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Friday, November 28, 2008
TOPIC SPEAKERS
9 to 9:10 a.m. Opening Comments Frank Addario, President, Criminal Lawyers’ Association
9:10 to 10 a.m. Who killed Carter? Fighting back against Bill C2
Chair: Jonathan Rosenthal, Defence Lawyer (Toronto ON) Stephen Biss, Defence Lawyer (Mississauga ON) Rick H. K. Schwarzl, Crown Attorney's Office (Orangeville ON)Jan Semenoff, Industrial Training & Design Ltd. (Saskatoon SK)
10 to 10:30 a.m. Disarming the weapons expertChair: Andy Rady, Defence Lawyer (London ON) Mark Brayford, QC, Brayford Shapiro (Saskatoon SK)TBD (Expert Witness)
10:30 to 11 a.m. Grow Op Evaluations: the police are just way too high
Chair: Paul Burstein, Burstein, Unger (Toronto ON) Eric Nash, Qualified Expert Witness in marijuana cultivation, yield, value and usage; Co-owner: Island Harvest, President: PhytoCan Pharmaceuticals (Duncan BC)
11 to 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
11:15 to 11:30 a.m. CLA Website Update – tools for the profession
Anthony Laycock, Executive Director, Criminal Lawyers' Association
11:30 a.m. to noon Being Expert about Opinion Evidence: managing Mohan
David Paciocco, Counsel and Professor of Law, Edelson & Associates (Ottawa ON)
Noon to 12:50 p.m. They have ways of making you talk: confessions and admissions
Chair: Peter Copeland, Di Luca Copeland Davies LLP (Toronto ON)Jason Dix (Prince Albert SK) Timothy E. Moore, PhD, C Psych, Professor & Chair, Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University (Toronto ON) TBD (Police Officer)
1 to 2:30 p.m.
Lunch – Generously sponsored by Thomson CarswellAdvocacy lecture in memory of the Honourable Justice John Sopinka
Alan Gold, Barrister, Alan D. Gold Professional Corporation, Past President, Criminal Lawyers' Association (Toronto ON)
2:30 to 3:15 p.m.Crime Scene Reconstruction: deconstructing demonstrative evidence
Chair: Brian H. Greenspan, Greenspan Humphrey Lavine Past President, Criminal Lawyers' Association (Toronto ON)Thomas A. Klatt, MKD International Inc. (Concord ON) Paul B. Walters, BASc, MBA, P.Eng, CMC, C.Arb, Walters Forensic Engineering (Toronto ON)
3:15 to 4 p.m.Whodunit: understanding key areas of forensic identification evidence
Chair: Heather McArthur, Wasser McArthur (Toronto ON)Roi Gilbert, Forensic Identification Officer - Retired (Trenton ON)Professor Rod C. L. Lindsay, Queen's University (Kingston ON)Vincenzo Rondinelli, Lafontaine & Associates (Toronto ON)
4 to 4:45 p.m. Keynote address by Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent, Slate.com (Charlottesville VA)
4:45 to 5 p.m. Annual General Meeting
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Saturday, November 29, 2008
TOPIC SPEAKERS
8 to 9 a.m. Women in Criminal Law Breakfast
9 to 10 a.m.Computers and Child Pornography: even virtual possession can mean real time
Chair: Jeanine LeRoy, Defence Lawyer (London ON)Paul Gillespie, Cybercrime Director In Residence, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; President and CEO, Kids' Internet Safety Alliance (Toronto ON) P. Andras Schreck, Schreck & Greene (Toronto ON)
10 to 10:45 a.m. Mental Disorder in the Courts
Chair: Michael Davies (Ottawa ON)Lucie Joncas, Desrosiers, Joncas, Massicotte (Montréal QC)Dr. Derek Pallandi, Staff Forensic Psychiatrist, CAMH; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene (Toronto ON) Anita Szigeti, Hiltz Szigeti LLP (Toronto ON)
10:45 to 11:10 a.m. Coffee break
11:10 to noon
Tales from the Crypt: what forensic pathology can tell us about how people get hurt and cannot tell us
Chair: Timothy Breen, Defence Lawyer, Fleming, Breen (Toronto ON) Michael S. Pollanen, MD, PhD, FRCPath, DMJ (Path), FRCPC, Chief Forensic Pathologist for Ontario; Interim Director, Centre for Forensic Science and Medicine, University of Toronto (Toronto ON)David A. Ramsay, MB ChB, DPhil (Oxon), FRCPC, FRCPath, MRCP (UK), Neuropathologist, Department of Pathology, University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre (London ON)
Noon to 12:50 p.m. Picking a Winner: the psychology of juries
Chair: The Honourable Justice Michelle Fuerst, Superior Court of Justice; Past President, Criminal Lawyers' Association (Newmarket ON) Anthony G. Bryant, Defence Lawyer (Toronto ON) Earl J. Levy, QC (Toronto ON) Neil Joseph Vidmar, PhD, Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Duke University (Durham NC)
1 to 3 p.m.
Lunch - Generously sponsored by Lexis NexisPresentation of the G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Award to The Honourable David Humphrey, Senior
Date and Location: November 27-29, 2008Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel 525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2L2Tel: 1-800-228-9290
This program has been accredited by the Law Society of Upper Canada for eight (8) hours - Criminal Law Specialty.
NEW THIS YEAR - REGISTER ONLINE: It's faster, greener and more reliable - register online by going to http://www.criminallawyers.ca
You can also register by completing and mailing or faxing this form to: Criminal Lawyersʼ Association, 296 Jarvis Street, Unit 7, Toronto, ON M5B 2C5 • Fax: 416-968-6818 • Tel: 416-214-9875
Note: Registration must be accompanied by payment. Faxed registrations will be accepted only if payment is made by credit card. Registrations must be received by November 19, 2008. Confirmations will be sent only by e-mail. For multiple registrations, please copy this form. Pre-registration required. At-the-door registrations will not be accepted.
Please check the appropriate boxes and circle the TOTAL fee that applies to your registration (Note: Lunch is included with full registration): FEE($) GST($) TOTAL ($) TRAVEL DISCOUNT ($)**
CLA member called in 2005 or before, Judiciary, CCCDL and NACDL member 325.00 16.25 341.25 288.75
CLA member called in 2006 or after 225.00 11.25 236.25 183.75 Non-member* 450.00 22.50 472.50 Articling or law school student 100.00 5.00 105.00 Luncheon only ( Friday and/or Saturday) 50.00 2.50 52.50/day
*Contact the CLA office for a membership application form to take advantage of the member rate. **A $50 discount is offered for current CLA members who live outside of Durham, Halton, Peel, Toronto and York regions.
Contact information (please print clearly):
Name: _______________________________________________________________
Year called to the bar: _______________________________________________
Firm: ________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________________________
Province/State: ___________________ Postal/Zip: ______________________
Phone number: _____________________________________________________
Fax number: _________________________________________________________
E-mail address: _____________________________________________________ Method of payment (This form may be faxed only for credit card payments):
VISA MasterCard Cheque enclosed
Card Number: _______________________________________________________
Expiry Date: _________________________________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________________________________ Special requests:
Special (vegetarian) lunch required.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Cancellation Policy:For cancellations received by November 17, 2008, a full refund is available minus a $50 administration fee. No cancellations will be accepted after November 17, 2008. Substitutions will be permitted if the office is notified by November 24, 2008. All can-cellations must be submitted in writing by e-mail ([email protected]) or fax (416-968-6818).
Hotel RegistrationThe association has secured a limited number of rooms at a special rate with the Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel:
$189 (single/double occupancy)(quoted in Canadian dollars before tax)
Hotel reservations must be received by November 6, 2008. After that date, rooms are subject to availability. Please say that you are attending the CLA conference when booking your rooms to receive the special hotel rate.
Reservation contact information:Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel525 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5G 2L2 Tel: 1-800-228-9290 or 416-597-9200
November 27 – 29, 2008Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON