Expanding the legal imagination: research for a legally plural society
Thursday, October 29, 2026
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
CLEBC Office, 500 - 1155 W. Pender St., Vancouver
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Who should attend: This foundational skills program is for all lawyers
Learning level: All levels
Legal research is often treated as neutral and universal, but our tools and habits shape what we see as law and what we overlook. They can also perpetuate or help address barriers to accessing justice.
This one-day course explores how legal professionals can strengthen their research practices in a legally plural society and better support diverse client needs. You will refresh core Canadian common law research skills while exploring how conventional methods can exclude or obscure other legal knowledge and systems.
As legal pluralism increasingly informs legal relationships, contracts, and advocacy, this course will consider how research approaches involving Indigenous and international laws will fundamentally differ from standard approaches to Canadian law and raise specific ethical considerations. The program will focus on practical strategies to broaden the scope, rigour, and accessibility of research methods.
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
Tamara Napoleon — Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Victoria
Megan Vis-Dunbar — Director, Reconciling Crown Legal Frameworks Program, BC Law Institute, Vancouver
Pricing
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EARLY BIRD
Register by Oct. 1/26 |
Regular Price
After Oct. 1/26 |
| In-person* |
$699 |
$779 |
| In-person Articled Student* |
$449 |
$449 |
| Webinar |
$579 |
$659 |
| Webinar Articled Student |
$329 |
$329 |
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*Please note: The in-person session is dependent on a minimum number of registrants and may not be confirmed until 4 weeks before the course date.
Are you a member of the Indigenous legal community (lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal) or a non-lawyer Indigenous community member?
CLEBC is committed to reducing barriers to legal education. We value your contributions and encourage your participation in all of our programs. To increase accessibility, we offer a 50% discount* to all self-identifying 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 and lunch for in-person registrants.
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CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising