One-day Workshop

Tuesday June 17, 2014

8:30am – 4:00pm

Advocates’ Society Education Centre

250 Yonge Street, Suite 2700

Toronto, Ontario

Who Should Attend?

New and experienced decision writers, reviewers, and counsel with administrative and regulatory agencies, boards and tribunals.  This is an introductory course, but will be useful for anyone who has not done a full-day structured program on decision writing, or who wants a refresher.

Faculty

Justice Susan Lang of the Ontario Court of Appeal will give two guest lectures, and Professor Pamela Chapman of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (and Program Director for SOAR/OPD’s Certificate in Administrative Adjudication) will facilitate the program. A group of expert facilitators from the administrative justice community will lead group discussions and writing exercises, and guest panelists will discuss the duty to give reasons.

What You Will Receive

• An overview of the key components of clear, concise, well-reasoned decisions.

• An understanding of core writing principles, including context and point-first writing.

• Keys to effective introductions.

• Powerful tips on decision structure and issue-driven organization.

• Practice in drafting and revising passages using the principles of effective decision-writing.

• An opportunity to discuss best practices with expert facilitators and other adjudicators in small groups organized by experience.

• An end-of-day panel discussion on recent developments in the duty to give reasons.

• Written resources, checklists, tip sheets and sample decisions

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