International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers July 2009
 

Educational Program for Vancouver

 

Full details of the educational program that will be delivered as part of the IAML AGM and Canadian Chapter meeting in Vancouver from 2-6 September 2009 have now been published on the IAML website.

 

Highlights include:


Relocation Disputes and Parental Child Abduction: Overview... and Questions

The Hon Justice Jacques Chamberland, (Justice of the Court of Appeal, Québec)


Perspectives On The Hague Convention And International Relocation - What Really Happens?
  • Jeremy Morley and Anne Berger (USA)
  • Mikiko Otani (Japan)
  • Anita Chan (New Zealand)
  • Jane Keir and Jane Craig (UK)
  • Johan Sarvik (Europe)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Domestic Violence and Family Dysfunction - Fresh Approaches to Intervention and Child Protection and Effective Family Interventions

The Right Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal PC QC (Attorney-General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland)


Dealing With Difficult Clients And Opponents - Strategies For Preserving Your Personal Sanity And Achieving Constructive Outcomes

Prof John Wade (Professor of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia)
Dr Sandra Hacker (Consultant Psychiatrist, Melbourne, Australia)


The Audrey Ducroux Memorial Lecture:
Reconciling the modern and the traditional - Challenges for aboriginal communities and culture

Chief Judith Sayers (Chief of the Hupacasath First Nation, Port Alberni Band)


Click here to view the detailed program.

 

Have you Registered?

  

There are now less than six weeks until the meeting.  If you have not yet registered for the meeting and/or reserved your room at the Sutton Place Hotel then you should do so very soon to avoid disappointment.  Availability of rooms at the special conference rate cannot be guaranteed beyond 31st July 2009.

Click here to go to the meeting web page where you will find details on how to reserve your hotel room and where you can register and pay for the meeting online.

 

Sponsorship 

There has been an encouraging take-up of sponsoship opportunities for the Vancouver meeting, for which we are very grateful, but some opportunities are still available.  Please contact Donna Goddard (donna.goddard@iaml.org) if you or your firm would be interested in supporting the conference.  

© 2009 International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers