Summer Law Institute (SLI)
2024 SLI for Secondary School Teachers
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 27th and Wednesday, August 28th, 2024.
We look forward to welcoming you back to the SLI in person this summer!
Register at the rate of $99.
Registration closes on August 26th.
Please note the change of venue this year.
Our 2024 venue is Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 2N6.
The registration fee includes all session materials and meals (light breakfast and lunch). Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration
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Schedule
View the full 2024 Summer Law Institute schedule here.
Learn about the speakers here.
View the past Summer Law Institute programs here.
Sessions
Click a title below to read the session description.
Gladue Court and Indigenous Learning Centre tour with panel discussion
Gladue Court and Indigenous Learning Centre tour with panel discussion
Sure to be a highlight of the conference, participants will tour the Gladue courtroom at the Armoury Street Courthouse, and convene in the Indigenous Learning Centre to hear from a panel that includes Indigenous lawyers and Elders.
In Conversation with Nader Hasan
In Conversation with Nader Hasan
Please join us for this year’s keynote session, a conversation with highly esteemed and awarded criminal defence lawyer with Stockwoods LLP Nader Hasan. A graduate of the University of Toronto and veteran adjunct professor at the institution, Hasan has built an impressive record of defence and advocacy work, exemplified most recently in the high-profile case of his client Umar Zameer. We are excited to welcome Hasan for a wide-ranging conversation about his life, career and an exploration of the dynamics at play in a case at the centre of a media, societal and political firestorm.
Digital Privacy: Best Practices in Designing Online Consent
Digital Privacy: Best Practices in Designing Online Consent
In this session, Professors Jonathan Obar and David Gelb of York University will share the results of their research on best practices in making online consent meaningful. Nat Paul from the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) will demonstrate a new classroom teaching resource that allows teachers to explore issues of privacy and online consent with their students.
Education Advocacy at the Toronto North West Youth Justice Centre
Education Advocacy at the Toronto North West Youth Justice Centre
With Kaffie Abdirashid, Education Advocate Lawyer, and Alicia Lam, Education Navigator from Justice for Children and Youth.
2SLGBTQ+ Issues and the Law - panel discussion
2SLGBTQ+ Issues and the Law – panel discussion
With Johanna Macdonald, from the 519 and Solomon McKenzie, McCarthy Tétrault. Stemming from our special Pride edition episode of OJEN’s new legal education podcast, Law Syrup, this session will bring together key players, thinkers and advocates for 2SLGBTQ+ folks to discuss the unique sets of legal issues and hurdles that they face. We will also explore how best to support members of this community who may be in your classroom.
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) - panel discussion
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) – panel discussion
Few topics generate as much emotion, opinions and passion as the medical assistance in dying (MAID) landscape in Canada. A delicate and sensitive issue and one that is very much still in flux, we are bringing together leading thinkers and experts on the issue to help us wade through these tricky waters.
Top 5 Significant Cases of the Past Year – SLI 2024
Top 5 Significant Cases of the Past Year – SLI 2024
Professor Sonia Lawrence from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, will share her choices of the top 5 legal decisions from the previous year that are of the greatest importance to educators and the public.
Teacher’s Roundtable
Teacher’s Roundtable
Conference participants have an opportunity to share learning and exchange best practices in a roundtable format.
Tour of the historic Law Society and Osgoode Hall
Tour of the historic Law Society and Osgoode Hall
With Elise Brunet, Curator at the Law Society of Ontario.
New resources from OJEN and Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET)
New resources from OJEN and Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET)
With Nat Paul, CCLET and OJEN staff.
Tribute to OJEN founder, the Honourable Roy McMurtry
Tribute to OJEN founder, the Honourable Roy McMurtry
A celebration of the extraordinary life of OJEN’s founder, the Honourable Roy McMurtry (May 31, 1932 – March 18, 2024).
About the SLI
OJEN’s Summer Law Institute (SLI) is our flagship professional development event for secondary school teachers of law and law-related subjects. The SLI is a two-day conference, held in downtown Toronto. The event features experts talking about emerging areas of law and key issues facing the justice system in Ontario. It has become a late-summer staple for many teachers as they prepare to return to the classroom.
Look out for some of your returning favourites! You can also check out the past Law Institute programs or our Webinar Archive to learn more about our previous events.
“Every year I look forward to the OJEN Summer Law Institute and although we weren’t able to physically gather, OJEN went above and beyond to prepare. As usual, the webinars addressed topics in law that are both current and relevant and the speakers shed light on the critical issues. The delivery of the sessions was seamless. The links to the webinars were delivered in a timely fashion and I particularly enjoyed receiving the link to the recording right after. I used the recordings at my first History Department meeting in September and shared the Environmental Law webinar with the Geography Department.” — Lora Gillies, York Region District School Board, about the 2020 Summer Law Institute webinars.
“The Summer Institute was excellent. The topics covered were of real interest to high-school students. I would definitely recommend the Summer Institute to my teacher friends.” — Teacher Law Institute participant.
For information about the Summer Law Institute please contact lawinstitutes@ojen.ca.
Thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario, whose funding makes the SLI and so many other crucial projects possible.
Special thanks to McCarthy Tetrault law firm for the 2024 SLI lunch sponsorship!
FAQ
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Registrations will not be refunded after August 12th, 2024. However, registrant substitution will be permitted.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Direct any questions or concerns to lawinstitutes@ojen.ca.
