In celebration of Access to Justice Week, join your colleagues for this pivotal session.

It is now apparent that the opportunities and demands facing 21st-century lawyers differ fundamentally from those that preceding generations encountered. Leading these opportunities and demands is the crystallizing crisis in access to justice. We must redefine the knowledge, skills, and attributes required of tomorrow's and today’s lawyers, equipping them with a new and better set of competencies with which to tackle the Access to Justice problem and every other challenge of this century.

Legal sector analyst Jordan Furlong will deliver a keynote presentation that frames the overarching problem, describes the 21st-century lawyer competence profile, and explains how every stakeholder in the legal profession can use these new competencies to help address the access predicament.  In the second half of the event, BC lawyers will join Jordan to discuss these developments in current practice.

This event is made possible by the Law Society of BC, CBABC, the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, the Law Foundation, Courthouse Libraries, BC’s Law Schools and Access to Justice BC.

Jordan Furlong is an internationally renowned legal sector analyst, author, speaker, and consultant. He has been forecasting new developments and discerning emerging patterns in the legal ecosystem for more than 20 years.

He is currently serving clients in matters of lawyer formation, lawyer education and licensing, and legal services regulation. Jordan lives in Ottawa and writes online at law21.ca.


 

LYNETT JUNG

Lynett Jung is the Deputy Director Legal Resources, Learning and Development with the BC Prosecution Service. Lynett attended Queen’s University Law School and was called to the bar in British Columbia, Canada in 1993. Since 1997, she has been a prosecutor with the BC Prosecution Service (BSPS). In 2011, she moved into professional development and now manages the continuing legal education program for the BCPS Crown Counsel and administrative professionals who work across the province.

In addition to the professional development program, Lynett manages the High-Risk Offenders team, the knowledge management system, and publication subscriptions.  Lynett has served on BCPS committees related to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Gender Equity and Advancement; and Information Management and Information Technology. She has helped coordinate programming on Indigenous cultural competency/safety and trauma informed practice.

Lynett has served on multiple CBABC committees including chairing the Professional Development Committee and co-chairing the CBABC Branch Conference. She is the co-chair of the international section of the Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) and is on the planning committees for upcoming ACLEA and the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law conferences.

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STEVEN MCKOEN, QC

Steven McKoen, QC is a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, practising in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.

First elected a Bencher for 2016, Steven is Chair of both the Credentials Committee and the Lawyer Development Task Force.

Steve is active in the community. He is the chair of the Burnaby Hospital Foundation and, since 2006, has provided legal advice to artists and not-for-profits through a monthly pro bono clinic. Steve has been an adjunct professor in the faculties of law at both UBC and UVic, served on the UBC Dean's Advisory Committee for the Centre for Business Law and is a past chair of the Securities Law Section of the CBABC. Steve grew up in Port Alberni and Nanaimo, attended law school at UVic and was called to the bar in BC in 1998 and in New York in 2002. He is married and is the proud father of two daughters. 

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Others Coming Soon!

To register for this event as a non-member, please fill out the following form.

Email the form to events@cbabc.org by Feb 7.

This event is hosted by the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. We encourage our members to explore the rich history and knowledge of Indigenous people, and to continue learning about their experience in Canada, past and present.

Attendance at this virtual event will provide you with 1.5 CPD hours for the 2022 Law Society of BC reporting.