Water Law: Collaborative Solutions within Multiple Legal Orders 2025







Product Type: Course

Format
Courses - Rebroadcast
Start Date & Time
2026-03-03
End Date & Time
2026-03-03
Online Provider
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Explore the fundamentals of provincial water law and Indigenous water governance

—Rebroadcasts—
On the rebroadcast date, you will have until midnight of that rebroadcast date to access the course. Please note that technical support will be available during regular CLEBC business hours.

Jump Start on CPD 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

(Original webinar date: October 3, 2025)

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Who should attend: Lawyers and others interested in the areas of environmental, Indigenous, natural resources, Indigenous Legal Orders, and Aboriginal law

Learning level: All levels

The structure of provincial water law is substantially the same as its original form that assisted with the colonial settlement of BC. As the strengths of Indigenous legal relationships with water are revealed, and in this era of climate change, water law will need to fundamentally adapt to the operation of multiple legal orders and fluctuating hydrological conditions.

The purpose of this new course is to explore the fundamentals of provincial water law in the context of Indigenous water governance, as well as the tensions and the opportunities as new legal arrangements and processes emerge and the colonial constructs are challenged and forced to evolve.   

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
Oliver M. Brandes — Co-Director, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy, POLIS Project; Centre for Global Studies, UVic, Victoria
Deborah L. Curran — Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre, UVic, Victoria

Jump Start 2026 EARLY BIRD 
Register by Feb. 2/26
Regular Price
After Feb. 2/26
Rebroadcast $509 $579
Rebroadcast Articled Student $289 $289

Are you a member of the Indigenous legal community (lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal) or a non-lawyer Indigenous community member?
We value your contributions and encourage your participation in all of our programs. To increase accessibility, we offer a 50% discount* to all Indigenous lawyers/Articled Students/legal support staff/paralegals and a limited number of free online registrations to non-lawyer Indigenous community members. (*discount applies to Regular prices, not Early Bird prices). Please contact Customer Service to find out more.

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Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Teresa Sheward
tsheward@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising


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