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Travel Grants for ILEC 2024

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In 2024, the International Legal Ethics Conference is July 17-19 at the University of Amsterdam. To support the attendance of graduate students and post-doctoral scholars CALE/ACEJ has created a travel grant program, similar to its program for the annual conference, for ILEC 2024.

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in the field of legal ethics and professionalism are eligible to apply for a travel grant towards the cost of attending ILEC. To qualify they must either be (i) enrolled or based at a Canadian university or (ii) a Canadian enrolled or based at a foreign university. They must also have been accepted by ILEC as a presenter for the conference.

Applications are due to Vice-President Pooja Parmar by May 15, 2024. Applicants must provide sufficient information to establish their eligibility and explain their financial need for the travel grant. Applications are assessed by the Vice-President and the Treasurer by May 30.

No more than $3000 is to be awarded in total. No applicant is to receive more than $1000. The travel grant will be paid after the conference. To receive their grant, each recipient must submit receipts for travel or accommodation expenses to the Treasurer totalling at least the amount awarded.

Ethics Forum 2024

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Registration is now open for the 2024 Ethics Forum, which is presented as a partnership between the CBA, FLSC and CALE. It happens on Friday, March 22, 2024 at the CBA conference centre in Toronto. For more information, including a detailed agenda with topics and speakers, see this web page.

This year’s panel sessions are entitled “Competence and Diversity”, “Law and Generative AI” and “The Duty to Report – How Far Does This Ethical Obligation Extend?” There will also be a keynote presentation over lunch on “Neurotechnology and the Practice of Law: Legal Ethics Intersections”. 

The Ethics Forum has been a popular event in previous years and so early registration is encouraged.

Annual Meeting 2023

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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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Call for Papers: ILEC 2024

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The next International Legal Ethics Conference will be held July 17-19, 2024 at the University of Amsterdam (details available here).  This major legal ethics conference is held every two years.  Recent previous conferences include UCLA (2022), Melbourne (2018), Fordham (2016) and City University London (2014).

The organizers have issued a call for proposals (available here), which includes both papers and other kinds of presentation such as workshops.  Proposals are due by February 7, 2024.  The theme is “Legal Professionals in a Digitalising World”.

It would be great to see a strong Canadian contingent in the Netherlands next summer.

Register Now for Online Ethics Symposium

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Each year in the spring, CALE/ACEJ has partnered with the CBA and the FLSC in organizing an annual Ethics Forum. Last year’s forum in Toronto was one of the very last in-person events of its kind before the pandemic. This year the forum is being held as an online symposium (in webinar format) on May 3, 2021.

The symposium features three sessions: “Systemic Discrimination and the Legal Profession: Impacts & Responsibilities” (at 11am), “Mental Health and Capacity: Lawyers’ Professional Responsibilities, Adaptability and Law Society Responses” (at 1pm) and “Technology and the Legal Profession: Ethical Issues and Regulatory Responses” (at 2:45pm). Attendees can register for one, two or all three of the sessions.

Many of the presenters are CALE/ACEJ members. Register now (link is here) to hear from (and support) your colleagues.