Upcoming webinars:
Assessing Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaints for Employment, Human Rights and WorkSafe BC Claims.
Presenter:
Jessica Forman, Employment Lawyer & Workplace Investigator, Forte Workplace Law.
Description:
The Courthouse Libraries BC is proud to support Community Legal Assistance Society BC – SHARP Workplaces Legal Clinic and Stand Informed Legal Advice Services: Assessing Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaints for Employment, Human Rights and WorkSafe BC Claims.
Complainants of workplace sexual harassment face a myriad of legal options and often present with concurrent employment, human rights and WorkSafeBC claims. Accurately assessing, and providing legal services for, intersecting legal areas engages special considerations, especially when advising self-represented clients who may or may not be unionized, or are casual, part-time workers.
In this 1 hour presentation, Jessica Forman will discuss understanding and assessing employment, human rights and WorkSafeBC claims, related challenges and practical considerations for lawyers advising complainants of workplace sexual harassment. Jessica will also highlight best practices in working and supporting clients navigate their options, including how to anticipate and reduce issues that may arise.
Participants in this presentation may claim up to 1.0 hours of CPD credit (includes 0.5 hours CPD ethics & practice management) with LSBC.
Date and time:
Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
To register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jJ4PEKRYSkyCTzKaKvMVPw
Criminal Defense Advocacy Society presents: Policing and Artificial Intelligence: Ensuring Accountable Governance.
Presenter:
Benjamin Perrin, Professor of Law, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia.
Description:
Courthouse Libraries BC and the Criminal Defense Advocacy Society presents: Policing and Artificial Intelligence: Ensuring Accountable Governance.
From facial recognition to predictive policing to social media analysis to robots, we will explore the growing ways that artificial intelligence is being deployed by police around the world and related concerns about privacy, human rights, and accountability. Various approaches to governing police use of AI will also be examined.
Participants may claim 1.5 CPD credits.
Date and time:
Thursday, June 19th, 2025 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
To register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rlap8a5HQ7O8I5IIBX6HjA
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Archived webinars
Archived webinars are organized by topic. If you plan to review a previously recorded course for CPD credit, it is your responsibility to ensure that your review of the course meets the Law Society of BC's Eligible Activities for continuing professional development.
Legal research course
This course, which is eligible for CPD credit, is a series of videos that demonstrate how to plan a research strategy and employ specific research skills. In the videos we show you how to use popular legal research tools that are free (CanLII) or that you can use for free at the BC Courthouse Libraries.
Take the course (including self-assessment quiz questions) through the Law Society's Brightspace platform.