Can Legal Ethics be Taught?  

Conference Webcast  

"Can Legal Ethics be Taught?"

Friday, April 4, 2008

Centre for Professionalism, Ethics and Public Service

University of Toronto
Faculty of Law

Click on the links to watch the webcast of each session of the Symposium.

9:00 - 10:45Morning Session 1: Webcast
9:00Opening (Lorne Sossin)
9:05Welcome (Dean Mayo Moran, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)
9:10Allan Hutchinson (Osgoode), “Can Legal Ethics be Taught?”
9:30

The Osgoode Experiment – Ethical Lawyering in a Global Community:

Trudo Lemmens (Toronto) (moderating)
Janet Mosher (Osgoode), Robert Wai (Osgoode), Trevor Farrow (Osgoode), Adam Dodek (Osgoode)

10:45Break
11:00 -12:15Morning Session 2: Webcast
11:00

From Public Interest Requirements to Compulsory Legal Ethics

Lorne Sossin (Toronto) (moderating)
Richard Devlin (Dalhousie) and Jocelyn Downie (Dalhouse), Janet Leiper (Osgoode), Stephen Pitel (Western)

12:15Lunch
1:15 - 2:30Afternoon Session 1: Webcast
1:15

The View from the Profession

Michael Code (Toronto) (moderating)
Avvy Go (Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic), Joseph Cheng (Dep’t of Justice), Jeremy Fraiberg (Osler), Freya Kristjanson (BLG)

2:30Break
2:45 - 4:05Afternoon Session 2: Webcast
2:45

The Future of Legal Ethics Education

Brent Cotter (Saskatchewan) (moderating)
Roundtable with Alice Woolley (Calgary), Rand Graham (Western), Janine Benedet (UBC), Paul Paton (Queen’s)

4:00Wrap-up – Lorne Sossin (U of T)