12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Indigenous Legal Orders - Professional Obligation to Learn: Practical Implications for Lawyers and Judges

It is increasingly recognized by Courts and legislatures that Indigenous legal orders (ILOs) have historically, and do today, produce, interpret, and apply law within Canada. This webinar aims to unpack what it means to be a legal practitioner, a lawmaker, a judge (etc) where the concurrent lawmaking jurisdiction of ILOs is still coming to be understood. How should the professional obligation of competency be understood by practitioners in this legal landscape? What does the duty to learn require of lawyers whose clients may not yet see the role of ILOs in this way? What are the implications of legal professionals not seeing or respecting a duty to act in respect of indigenous legal orders?

Speakers

Scott Robertson, NCC Firm
Karen Drake, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University s
Stephen O’Neill, NCC Firm

Moderator

Scott Robertson, NCC Firm