Understanding the practical side of criminal matters is essential for lawyers who practice criminal law. Join with members of the judiciary and senior counsel to consider practical approaches to:

• Disclosure
• Effective pre-trial conferences – setting realistic timelines for filing Charter motions, etc.
• Effective use of criminal case management
• Timely identification of trial issues
• Realistic estimates of pre-trial motions, voir dires, and trials
• Agreements on non-contentious issues, including Agreed Statements of Facts, eliminating non-essential witnesses, etc.
• Using Court resources effectively
• Witness accommodations
• Ethics – what you must never do

This on-demand program had a slightly different format than other LESA programs. It comprises a discussion among members of the judiciary and a senior member of the criminal defence bar and focuses on practical approaches to a number of criminal law topics. Written materials were not provided by presenters to go along with their presentations. Instead, materials consist of excerpts from LESA’s publication, Criminal Law Fundamentals.

This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a webinar on December 8, 2020. Total running time is 2 hours, 58 minutes.

Chair

Justice R. Paul Belzil, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

Presenter

Justice Susan E. Richardson, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

Judge A.J. Brown, Provincial Court of Alberta

Edmond J. O’Neill, Aloneissi O’Neill Hurley O’Keeffe Millsap