Complete and full disclosure is the backbone of a fair criminal justice process. Explore essential knowledge regarding a client’s right to disclosure and tools for requesting and obtaining disclosure, including when and how to do pre-trial applications for disclosure. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on October 31, 2025. Total running time is 58 minutes.

This presentation explores factors that defence counsel should keep in mind when seeking bail. It provides tips on initial client meetings, release plans, negotiating a release, bail hearings, mental health concerns, and bail reviews. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on October 28, 2022 as part of our Practice Foundations: Criminal Law program. Total running time is 48 minutes.

Loosely tracking the lifecycle of a criminal law matter, these on-demand programs explore issues that commonly arise. They will be of particular interest to lawyers in their early years of practice or those new to the practice of criminal law.

These on-demand programs were originally presented as an in-person program on October 28, 2022. The total running time for each individual presentation ranges between 45 minutes - 1 hour, 50 minutes. 

Complete and full disclosure is the backbone of a fair criminal justice process. This paper explores essential knowledge regarding a client’s right to disclosure and tools for requesting and obtaining disclosure, including when and how to do pre-trial applications for disclosure. These materials were presented at LESA’s The Essentials of Disclosure in Criminal Law: Rights, Limits, and Best Practices webinar on October 31, 2025.

This paper considers various factors, steps, and processes that defence counsel should keep in mind when it comes to seeking (and obtaining) bail. Topics include initial client meetings, release plans and next steps, negotiating a release, bail hearings, rules of evidence, mental health concerns, and bail reviews. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Practice Foundations: Criminal Law program in Edmonton on October 28, 2022.