Family Violence Screening Training for Litigators and DR Professionals

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Practices to help you effectively identify family violence

Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26 and 27, 2023
9:00 am - 5:30 pm (both days) via webinar

Please note: This course will not be added to Courses on Demand. Courses involving professional speakers and skills-based workshops generally do not get added to Courses on Demand.

Who should attend: "Family Law Dispute Resolution Professionals" as defined by the Family Law Act, including: family justice counselors, mediators, arbitrators, parenting coordinators, and family lawyers

Learning level: All levels

For many, ending an intimate partnership is a time of danger. "Family violence" is defined under the BC Family Law Act ("FLA") to include all elements of physical and emotional violence and abuse. Research shows that family law professionals often fail to ask questions needed to properly assess risk and may also fail to recommend the most appropriate dispute resolution processes for their clients.

This highly interactive two-day workshop is the only comprehensive family violence training available in BC. Featuring real case studies, personal stories, role-playing, coaching, and review of current literature, research, and statistics, this is a must-attend event for family dispute resolution professionals looking to meet their training requirements under the FLA.

After participating in this workshop, you will be able to:

assess presence of emotional or psychological family violence, in addition to physical violence
identify any danger present from children, family members, and other individuals, in addition to former partners
understand complex family violence dynamics, including mental illness, stress of separation, and personalities of parties involved
assist clients in choosing dispute resolution processes that best keep them and their children safe
empower your clients to negotiate effectively

Join us and improve your family violence awareness.

*DISCLAIMER: Learners are required to participate fully in the course. "Full participation" is in the faculty's sole discretion. Activities such as reading the paper, watching videos on the computer, not being present, engaging in phone calls, and disrupting the class with irrelevant activities will demonstrate a lack of full participation.

THE CHAIRS OF THIS COURSE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE [MEDIATION] ACCREDITATION TO DISTRACTED OR "NON-PRESENT" INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN THE COURSE.

Please note: this course is offered remotely through a Zoom platform. A device equipped with a camera and microphone will be required to participate.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 14 hours (including a minimum of 2 hours involving aspects of professional responsibility and ethics, client care, and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
Carol W. Hickman, KC — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Arlene H. Henry, KC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver

Mediate BC Roster mediators will receive 20% off the full regular course registration fee. Please contact Customer Service to register.

Are you an Indigenous lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal or community member?
We value your contributions and encourage your participation in all of our programs. To increase accessibility, we offer a 50% discount* to all Indigenous lawyers/Articled Students/legal support staff/paralegals and a limited number of free online registrations to non-lawyer Indigenous community members. (*discount applies to Regular prices, not Early Bird prices). Please contact Customer Service to find out more.

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Registration includes an electronic copy of the workshop materials.

Pricing

EARLY BIRD
Register by Aug. 29/23

Regular Price
After Aug. 29/23

Live Webinar

$1,169

$1,299

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CLEBC Programs Coordinator
Darsey Meredith
darseym@cle.bc.ca

Course Chairs
Carol W. Hickman, KC — Virgin Hickman, Vancouver
Arlene H. Henry, KC — Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs

Carol Hickman, KC has practiced family law in the Greater Vancouver area for 25 years. She has experience at all levels of court, including the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has extensive experience in complex family law matters, including property division, maintenance, and custody and access disputes. A Law Society of BC bencher from 2004 to 2011, Carol is now a Life Bencher and chairs the Family Law Task Force which was responsible for developing the Regulations for Family Law Mediators, Arbitrators, and Parenting Coordinators.

For the past 10 years, Carol has been a family law mediator, collaborative family lawyer, and family law arbitrator. She is one of the pioneering members of the Collaborative Family Law Group. In 2012, Carol established West Coast ADR Law Group which focuses on ADR options, including mediation, arbitration, and collaborative law. Carol has been a frequent instructor and coach for CLEBC, including five times at the biennial Family Law Conference from 2001 to 2011. In addition, Carol assisted CLEBC to develop the Family Law Arbitration course in BC.

Carol received her LLB in 1987, and her LLM in Alternate Dispute Resolution in 2014. She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2010.

Arlene H. Henry, KC is a lawyer, mediator, parenting coordinator, adjudicator, instructor, and dispute resolution coach. She has been mediating since 1998 and is particularly interested in the restructuring of families. Arlene trained at both the Justice Institute of BC and CLEBC and is a certified comprehensive family mediator with Family Mediation Canada. She is a former member of Mediate BC's Board and Roster Committee, current member of the Civil and Family Rosters, and has a special interest in children and youth participation in dispute resolution processes. Arlene recently completed more than eight years on the boards of each of the BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society and the BC Hear the Child Society and is actively involved in the development of each discipline within BC. She has taught family and civil mediation courses for CLEBC and other advanced education agencies annually since the late 1990s. In addition, Arlene is a training instructor for the Med-Arbitration, Family Law Arbitration, and Family Violence Screening courses in BC.

Arlene is also experienced in working with Indigenous Nations, assisting with the implementation of each of the Tsawwassen and the Maa-nulth First Nations' Treaties. She is a former member of the Employment Assistance Appeal Tribunal and former roster mediator for the Police Complaint Commission.

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