This meeting was held at 12:45 PM via Zoom.
This meeting was recorded and can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/649282788/f645312fba.
Guest Speakers
Cherami Wichmann, Senior Researcher, Research and Statistics Division, Justice Canada
Robin Trombley, Counsel, Family Law and Youth Justice Policy Section, Justice Canada
Presentation
Justice Canada: Overview of the HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers
The Department of Justice Canada is leading a research project to assist legal advisers who take on family law cases in supporting clients who have experienced family violence. The project involves the development of a bilingual, evidence- and user-based tool for family law legal advisers with practical suggestions on how to identify and respond to family violence in a way that is safe for the client. The title of the tool is: HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law Legal Advisers.
Justice Canada provided a brief overview of the Toolkit, talked about the findings from the user-testing and answered questions in advance of the launch.
Duration of meeting was 1.0 hour. Of this, 1 hour can be counted towards CPD.
Submitted by Section Liaison Officer: Faith Brown