CISDL - ILA CLE COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Calling for registrations for Summer 2010

Learn about emerging issues in international law, & their relevance to your practice in Canada.
Build & activate new national & international professional & academic legal networks
Earn your CLE credits while exploring the world of international law

Take the new Centre for International Sustainable Development Law / International Law Association CLE Course on International Law, delivered by some of the world’s finest international law experts through a series of 30hr interactive online briefings, with an extra dynamic workshop option.

What is the new ILA-CISDL Canadian CLE Course on International Law?
The ILA Canadian Branch CLE Course Committee, together with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), is launching a new International Law Course for CLE credits, focused initially on Quebec and BC where lawyers are required to take up to 30 hours of mandatory continuing legal education. The course will be offered through 25 hours of related in-depth online training on international law which can be done right from your own laptop, anywhere in the world, with the option of further workshops in distinguished academic settings in Victoria, Ottawa and Montreal.

What will I learn, and how?
Through a series of modules with some of Canada and the world’s best international law professors and experts, you will learn about topics such as International Law and its Relevance in Canada, Emerging in International Law on Trade & Investment, Climate Finance, and Human Rights, How to Resolve Disputes in International Law, and How to Use International Law in Canadian Legal Practice. You will test your new knowledge in a Small Group Exercise, Resolving a hypothetical International Law Problem. With low fees for each 5hr module, this is an excellent opportunity.
Five online segments of the course will be offered, focused on:

1. Public International Law: Key Developments for Canadian Lawyers [5 hrs]

In this section, the instructors will present learning modules related to globalization and its relevance to Public Law in Canada; sources of Public International Law; actors in Public International Law; and dispute settlement mechanisms.

The sources of Public International Law section will review treaties, customary international law and other sources of international law. The actors in Public International Law section will review the roles of states, international organisations, the private sector, and non-profit actors in public international law. Finally, the dispute settlement mechanisms section will review peaceful resolutions of disputes through diplomacy, the role of the International Court of Justice, and other major dispute settlement mechanisms used in public international law.

2. Private International Law: Key Developments for Canadian Lawyers [5 hrs]

In this section, the instructors will present learning modules related to globalization and its relevance to Private International Law in Canada and Quebec; sources of Private International Law; International Civil & Commercial Litigation; International Commercial Arbitration; and International Family Law.

The globalization and its relevance to Private International Law in Canada and Quebec section will provide a review the drivers and effects of globalization and the relevance of new trends and developments in private law in Quebec. The sources of Private International Law section will provide a review of the key principles of private international law, principal treaty regimes, and general principles as a source of private international law. The International Civil & Commercial Litigation section will review conflict of laws, international jurisdiction of Québec Authorities, and recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions and jurisdiction of Foreign Authorities. The International Commercial Arbitration section will review alternate dispute resolution methods and the principles and application of International Commercial Arbitration. Finally, the International Family Law section will review the tools of family law and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

3. Emerging Issues in Trade & Investment Law: Briefing for Canadian Lawyers [5 hrs]

In this section, the instructors will present learning modules related to economic growth and prosperity; global, regional and bilateral trade law; international investment agreements; cross-border transactions; and international financial rules and the credit crisis.

The economic growth and prosperity section will address key concepts such as the definition of trade, and key trade theories. The global, regional and bilateral trade law section will provide an overview of the key principles and rules of global, regional, and bilateral trade agreements, highlighting emerging trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada. These regimes include the World Trade Organisation, NAFTA, and Canadian bilateral trade agreements. The international investment agreements section will provide an overview of the development of international investment agreements and investment chapters of trade agreements, of Canadian involvement in international investment agreements and bilateral investment agreements, highlighting emerging trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada. The cross-border transactions section will provide an overview of the rules governing Canadian-US cross-border transactions, highlighting emerging trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada. Finally, the international financial rules and the credit crisis section will provide an overview of legal elements of the recent credit crisis and the emerging international financial rules stemming from the credit crisis, highlighting emerging trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada.


4. Emerging Issues in Intl Law on Climate Change: Briefing for Canadian Lawyers [5 hrs]

In this section, the instructors will present learning modules related to climate science; mitigation and its relation to legal practice in Canada; climate finance and its relation to legal practice in Canada; adaptation and its local and national implications; and liability and risk in relation to climate change.

The climate science section will provide an overview of the most current climate change science that is necessary to understand the social and legal issues raised by climate change and legal regimes to address it. The section addressing mitigation and its relation to legal practice in Canada will provide an overview of mitigation, the rules of recent treaty regimes which seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and regulatory elements of new instruments for GHG mitigation, highlighting emerging trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada.

The section addressing adaptation and its local and national implication will provide an overview of legal and regulatory issues related to climate finance, including the rules of relevant treaty regimes and funds, and new opportunities in this area, highlighting emerging trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada. Finally, the section addressing liability and risk in relation to climate change will provide an overview of legal issues association with risk and liability in the context of climate change, highlighting how these problems have been addressed in international law to date, and trends of relevance to the practice of law in Canada.

5. Emerging Issues in Intl Law on Human Rights: Briefing for Canadian Lawyers [5 hrs]
A further in-person workshop option will also be offered, and an additional optional 5hr online module.

In this section, the instructors will present learning modules related to International Human Rights Law and its relevance to Canadian legal practice; International Civil & Political Rights; International Economic, Social & Cultural Rights; Indigenous rights; and gender.

The International Human Rights Law and its relevance to Canadian legal practice section will provide an overview of Human Rights and globalization and the reception of International Human Rights Law in Canadian law. The International Civil & Political Rights section will provide an overview of recent developments in International Civil and Political Rights and their application before Canadian Courts, global trends in International Civil and Political Rights and Canadian Law, and relevant International and Canadian mechanisms and actors. The International Economic, Social & Cultural Rights section will provide an overview of recent developments in International Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and their application before Canadian Courts, Global Trends in International Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Canadian Law, and relevant International and Canadian mechanisms and actors. The Indigenous rights section will provide an overview of recent developments in Indigenous rights and their application before Canadian Courts, global trends in Indigenous rights and Canadian Law, and relevant International and Canadian mechanisms and actors. Finally, the Gender section will provide an overview of recent developments in Gender Rights and their application before Canadian Courts, global trends in Gender rights and Canadian Law, and relevant International and Canadian mechanisms and actors.


What benefits are available?
CLE Credits will be offered for all 30 hours of the course. Membership in the International Law Association of Canada will be offered to those who take the courses in each city, and to those who participate in the online components. A course discount will be offered to ILA members in good standing.

For more information, send an inquiry now to info@cisdl.org, or check online for the course registration form at www.cisdl.org.