JOINT CBA BC-OBA PROGRAM | Orginal Program Date: February 7, 2018

No matter what area of law you practice in Canada, you are likely to work with Indigenous clients. To ensure proper communication with your clients, you must have an understanding of Indigenous legal traditions. Our profession can benefit from learning more about Indigenous traditions, courage and the future of this knowledge for professional and personal matters. Areas that will be discussed include:

• Terminology and nomenclature: understanding what applies
• Treaties, scrip and Indigenous title: Understanding what historic treaties mean
• Learning about Indigenous governance
• Indigenous ways of speaking about the law
• The reality of making mistakes: leaving space to be corrected
• Entering unfamiliar circles and concerns about cultural protocol

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Signa Daum Shanks, Assistant Professor & Director, Indigenous Outreach, Osgoode Hall Law School
Patricia Barkaskas, Academic Director of the Allard School of Law Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, and the incoming director of the Allard Judicial Externship Program