Mastering Prison Law: Navigating Temporary Absence and Parole Hearings for Your Clients' Post-Sentencing Needs"
As criminal defence lawyers we represent our clients through bail, a preliminary hearing, trial and sentencing, but have you ever tried representing a client after they have been sentenced, in a Temporary Absence or a Parole Hearing? Prison law is very different from criminal law and there are certain nuances that one needs to be familiar with in order to navigate the system. That's where our lunch and learn, Parole, Temporary Release and Covid-19 comes in.
Learn from an experienced prison law lawyer about how to prepare Temporary Release and Parole packages, both for Federal and Provincial institutions. This program will focus on: required criteria, availability of programs in correctional facilities and what steps you can take if your client needs to take rehabilitative courses to be eligible for release, but no courses are available.
how Covid-19 has impacted the Temporary Release and Parole system and what steps you can take to maximize your client's chances.
Presenters:
Simon Borys Sayeh Hassan
Toronto Lawyers Association
For more than 135 years, the Toronto Lawyers' Association, located within the Courthouse Library, has represented the interests of lawyers practising in the City of Toronto. The association was founded to support its members in three key areas: Knowledge, Advocacy, and Community. To uphold these pillars, the association offers a year-round mix of online and in-person education programs for lawyers, hosts both free and paid events to foster in-person networking, and submits advocacy pieces on behalf of its members to the Ontario bench and bar, all levels of government, and the broader public.
