Law Conference

Community Legal Education Association’s (CLEA) and Association des juristes d'expression française du Manitoba's (AJEFM) Bilingual Family Law Conference will be held on February 5th , 2010 at the Hotel Fort Garry.

We are very fortunate and thankful to have The Hounorable Andrew Swan, Minister of Justice as our keynote speaker.

 (Deadline for conference registration is January 15, 2010)

Law Conference Programme

8:30 am - Registration

9:00 am Conference Opens – MC, Greetings


9:15 am Keynote Address – Current Issues in Family Law – Minister of Justice and
Attorney General, Andrew Swan

10:15 – 10:30 am - Nutrition Break

(The following sessions will run concurrently)

10:30 - 11:45 am Presentation –


Family Violence – Wayne Rose, Lawyer


Child Protection – Catherine Dunn, Lawyer

11:45 – 1:00 pm - Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:15 pm Presentation –


Mobility Rights – Norm Yusim, Lawyer, Fillmore Riley LLP

Grandparents Rights – Ron Bewski, Director Family Conciliation and Hella
Leydier, Family Conciliation, Social Worker Grandparent Advisor

2:15 – 2:30 pm - Nutrition Break

2:30 – 3:30 pm Presentation –

Family Law From A Child’s Perspective – Gloria Mendelson, Lawyer

Understanding Court Orders: Access / Custody – Edward Rice, Lawyer

3:30 – 3:45 pm Conference Closing – MC

Programme - Conférence

8 h 30 - Inscription

9 h 00 -  Mot de bienvenue – maître de cérémonie

                    9 h 15 - Orateur invité – Questions d’actualité en droit de la famille/Current Issues in Family Law – Ministre de la justice et procureur général, l’honourable Andrew Swan

10 h 15 – 10 h 30  - Pause santé

(Les sessions suivantes se dérouleront simultanément.)

10 h 30 – 11 h 45 - Présentation –

 Le droit de la famille – un aperçu global (avec quelques distinctions entre la Common Law et le Droit civil –

Me Bianca Salnave, Aikins MacAuley Thorvaldson LLP 

Les effets du conflit sur les enfants –   Mme Lisa Huberdeau, Conseillère en conciliation familiale,

Service à la famille et au logement

11 h 45 – 13 h 00 – Dîner (inclus)

13 h 00 – 14 h 15 - Présentation –

Les ordonnances et le droit de garde - Me Edward Rice, Rice Law

Les droits des grands-parents - Me Joel Guénette, avocat

14 h 15  – 14 h 30 pm – Pause santé

14 h 30 – 15 h 30 pm - Présentation –

La violence familiale – Mme Halimatou Ba, Ph.D, professeur en Services sociaux au Collège universitaire

de Saint-Boniface

Les droits de mobilité - Me Rodrigue Guay, avocat et notaire

15 h 30 – 15 h 45 pm - Mot de clôture – maître de cérémonie

CLEA & AJEFM would like to thank all the speakers and volunteers that are involved in making this conference a success !

CLEA & AJEFM would like to thank the Department of Justice Canada for making this conference possible.

CLEA has an annual law conference for more information on future conferences please contact Kerri Brass at          943-2382 ext. 2, or by email at kbrass@communitylegal.mb.ca