On October 25, 2025, CALE/ACEJ held its annual meeting of members at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his report, President Stephen Pitel outlined CALE/ACEJ’s activities over the past year, including: continuing its Travel Grant Program to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows attending the conference; partnering with the CBA and FLSC for the 2025 Ethics Forum; and submissions to the Equity and Indigenous Affairs Committee of the Law Society of Ontario about a proposed Indigenous Cultural Training Course.
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2025 Conference Registration Open
Thanks to conference coordinator Gillian MacNeil and her team, you can now register for the upcoming CALE/ACEJ conference to be hosted by the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg on October 23-25, 2025.
Register here.
The conference will take place at the Fort Garry Hotel in downtown Winnipeg. At the bottom of the conference page, you will find a link to the hotel website that will allow you to book one of the rooms in our block (conference room rate is $209 per night). Book by September 22, 2025 to obtain the conference rate.
As usual, there will be an informal dinner on Thursday, October 23, 2025 so do plan to arrive so as to be able to attend. The conference program will be shared in advance of the start of the conference. The conference typically concludes in the early afternoon on the Saturday.
Annual Meeting 2024
On October 26, 2024, CALE/ACEJ held its annual meeting of members at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. In his report, President Stephen Pitel outlined CALE/ACEJ’s activities over the past year, including: continuing its Travel Grant Program to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows attending the conference; partnering with the CBA and FLSC for the 2024 Ethics Forum; submissions to the FLSC’s Model Code Committee about proposed changes to address Call to Action 27 of the TRC Report; and submissions to the LSO about the scope of licensee reporting and disclosure of pending charges and findings of guilt.
Continue readingNotice of 2024 Annual General Meeting
CALE/ACEJ’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 8:30am (Atlantic time) at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. All members of CALE/ACEJ are welcome to attend. The meeting is in-person only. Here is the agenda, also available under the “Meetings” tab on this website.
Annual Conference: Register Now
Thanks to conference coordinator Richard Devlin and his team, details of the upcoming (October 24-26, 2024) CALE/ACEJ conference at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University are now available and registration is open.
All the information you need is below this post: the registration form, the schedule, and details of the sessions.
To register, you must e-mail the completed registration form to the organizers, as indicated on the form.
We very much look forward to seeing you in Halifax, Nova Scotia this fall.
Early Reminder of 2024 Conference
As winter turns to spring, we ramp up the planning for the annual conference. At this point we want to get the dates and location out to potential attendees so they can start thinking about their travel plans.
The conference will take place October 24-26, 2024. It will be in Halifax, Nova Scotia, hosted by the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Professor Richard Devlin is the conference organizer.
The conference will start on the evening of Thursday, October 24 with an informal social get-together. The sessions will start on the morning of Friday, October 25 and will run to mid-day on Saturday, October 26.
The planning group will issue a call for presentation proposals later in the spring. As usual we will have sessions on research, teaching and the regulation of the profession. Please start thinking about a possible topic to propose.
Registration and accommodation information will follow in the summer. For now, save the dates and start contemplating your trip to Canada’s Ocean Playground.
Annual Meeting 2023
On October 21, 2023, CALE/ACEJ held its annual meeting of members at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria. In his report, President Stephen Pitel outlined CALE/ACEJ’s activities over the past year, including: the transition of the Chief Information Officer role from Amy Salyzyn to Basil Alexander; transitioning the listserv from UOttawa to Google Groups; implementing a Travel Grant Program to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows attending the conference; partnering with the CBA and FLSC for the 2023 Ethics Forum; submissions to the FLSC’s National Requirement Review Committee re: ethics and professionalism and to the FLSC’s Model Code Committee re: former judges returning to practice; and other director submissions and activities that build awareness of CALE/ACEJ.
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CALE/ACEJ’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8:30am (Pacific time) at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Victoria, British Columbia. All members of CALE/ACEJ are welcome to attend. The meeting is in-person only. Here is the agenda.
Save the Date for 2023 Annual Conference
Next fall CALE/ACEJ will hold its annual conference at the University of Victoria in beautiful British Columbia. The conference will start on the evening of Thursday, October 19 with an informal social get-together. The sessions will start on the morning of Friday, October 20 and will run to mid-day on Saturday, October 21. Our conference coordinator is Professor Pooja Parmar.
The organizers will be putting out a call for presentation proposals later in the spring. As usual we will have sessions on research, teaching and the regulation of the profession. It is not too early to start thinking about a possible topic to propose.
Registration and accommodation information will follow in the summer. For now, save the dates and start envisaging your trip to Vancouver Island.
Annual Meeting 2022
On October 22, 2022, CALE/ACEJ held its annual meeting of members at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University. This was the first such meeting held in person since 2019. In her report, President Amy Salyzyn outlined CALE/ACEJ’s activities over the past year, including creating new guidelines for the listserv, updating the members list and drafting submissions to the Law Society of Ontario and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada on topics such as continuing legal education, compensation for articling students and competency requirements for NCA students. She also praised a strong Canadian showing at the recent International Legal Ethics Conference at UCLA.
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