Public legal education (PLE) is an important part of access to justice. OJEN and Public Legal Education Association of Canada (PLEAC) are pleased to support A2J Week by presenting a 90 minute webinar for legal professionals who are interested in offering legal education workshops for the public. In this session, experienced PLE professionals will share OJEN’s Guidelines for Better Legal Workshops, adding practical advice, teaching strategies, useful resources, and other insights.
Webinar date and time: Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 2pm EST.
Presenters include:
Jessica Reekie, Executive Director, OJEN
Michelle Thompson, Director of Capacity Building and Engagement, OJEN
Enisone Kadiri, Acting Director of Outreach Programs, OJEN
This session is designed for legal professionals (including lawyers, paralegals, and others) and legal professionals-in-training (e.g. law students).
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00:00 Webinar start
1:05 Land acknowledgement
1:47 Introduction
3:05 About PLEAC
4:22 About OJEN
6:06 Overview of guidelines for better legal workshops
7:28 Agenda
9:47 Overview of planning your workshop
10:08 Know Your audience, working with a community partner
14:42 Introduction to using existing resources
15:35 Key considerations when using existing resources
16:33 Public legal education groups
18:27 Subject matter expert groups
20:52 Content design creating structure
21:18 Setting goals for the workshop
22:29 Sample goals
23:57 Creating a structure for the workshop
24:45 Sample agenda
25:52 Introducing yourself
27:47 Creating a “hook”
33:18 Introduction to formal content In workshop
34:10 Designing your slides
37:01 Introduction to application and discussion in workshop
38:42 Using a scenario to start a group discussion
40:00 Using a mock interview
43:26 Posing a question, asking audience to identify correct answer
44:48 Practice filling out a form
47:40 Overview of running your workshop
48:03 Your role
50:27 Sample script legal information vs. legal advice
52:15 Using clear and simple language
56:36 Defining your legal terms
1:00:00 Resources on plain language
1:00:43 Being a good host
1:06:27 How to make your audience feel welcome
1:10:22 Thinking about social location
1:13:54 Approaching legal topics with care
1:17:50 Correcting misconceptions
1:19:13 Wrapping up your workshop, providing take-away resources
1:22:22 Evaluating your workshop
