Mark your calendars, the third iteration of the National Family Law Arbitration Course begins in January 2024.
Courses in arbitration practice are available from organizations across Canada. While these courses are of a generally high quality, their primary focus tends to be the arbitration of employment, construction and corporate/commercial disputes. Family law disputes, however, have important differences that set them apart and demand a special approach to their management and resolution. Family law cases cannot be handled with the same off-the-shelf approach that might be used to resolve other civil cases.
The National Family Law Arbitration Course provides a complete introduction to the arbitration of family law disputes and the unique skills, processes and procedures these cases require. This course provides the opportunity to learn from senior, well-respected family law lawyers with established arbitration practices in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario in an interactive remote learning environment. The course is open to lawyers, mental health professionals and financial professionals interested in expanding their practice to include arbitration or parenting coordination.
This acclaimed, 40-hour training is provided by Lorne Wolfson (Torkin Manes, Toronto), Lawrence Pinksy, KC (Taylor McCaffrey, Winnipeg) and me (John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers, Calgary). It starts with two optional six-hour pre-course programs, one on the basics of psychology for family law lawyers and another on the basics of family law for mental health professionals, on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 January 2024. The course itself runs by Zoom every other Friday and Saturday, for a total of six days, beginning on Friday 9 February 2024.
Download the syllabus for the 2024 course. Registration and additional information, including our all-star faculty list, at https://nflac.ca/the-course/.
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