Canadian Association of Law Libraries Webinar on Criminal Law

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is organizing a webinar on criminal law on June 18, 2015 from 1 to 2:30PM Eastern:

"There are two goals: (i) to give a sense of what law school students study and learn in their first year criminal law class, and (ii) to provide practical tips on researching criminal law issues. "

"Questions / topics to be covered will include:
- How is criminal law taught in law school?
- More specifically, the following concepts will be discussed:

• Mens rea/ actus reus
• Indictable offences versus summary conviction offences
• Strict liability offences
• Criminal Code offences versus provincial offences

- Research tips for researching criminal law
- Creating your own research guides and pathfinders for researching criminal law"

It is part of CALL's 2014-2015 series of webinars on substantive law.

The speaker is Ted Tjaden, national litigation precedents lawyer in Gowlings’ Toronto office. He is the author of Legal Research and Writing, 3rd ed (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010).

CALL/ACBD Member: $40 + $5.20 HST    = $45.20
Non-member: $60 + $7.80 HST    = $67.80
Student Rate: $25 + $3.25 HST    = $28.25