Free Training programs

This course is designed to teach you how to better identify diverse problematics within conjugal violence and coercive control, the different forms of post-separation violence, as well as its consequences that affect the ability of victims to deal with the legal system. Offered by a criminologist with more than 20 years of experience, this course encourages professionals to develop a form of practice that is safe, kind and considerate.

with Claudine Simon, criminologist

Duration : 6 hours

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This course focuses on the realities of children who are exposed to domestic and post-separation violence. It explores the consequences for children, the elements that can increase risk or create a need for greater protection. It will allow professionals to adopt attitudes and behaviors that respect the needs of children exposed to domestic violence.

with Geneviève Lessard, PhD, and Peter Jaffe, PhD

Duration : 6 hours

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This course addresses the roles of various socio-judicial actors who may be involved during civil proceedings, in addition to taking a critical look at the notions of the best interests of the child, co-parenting, parental capacity and parental alienation. With this course, professionals will develop a nuanced reasoning that considers the reality of the victims.

with Simon Lapierre, PhD

Duration : 6 hours

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This course, given by two experienced lawyers, will better equipped lawyers in order to practice family law and civil law in context of domestic violence, from drafting procedures to closing arguments. It aims to encourage legal professionals to improve their plead in domestic violence cases. The course also highlights the strategies, skills, and attitudes that promote the bond of trust and collaboration between the lawyer and the victim, while respecting and considering their reality.

with Me Suzanne Dame, Legal Services Commission, et Me Nathalie Lefebvre, Montreal Legal Aid

Duration : 6 hours

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In this podcast, Me Justine Fortin welcomes Sophie Gagnon, lawyer and Executive Director of Juripop. They discuss the presence of lawyers in issues of sexual and domestic violence and, more importantly, how legal information is one of the central needs of victims and survivors. Together, they recall a small part of Juripop’s organizational history, the genesis of the expertise that the organization has been developing for several years now.

In this podcast, Me Justine Fortin, director of the conjugal and sexual violence programs at Juripop, welcomes her colleagues Me Éliane Malo and Constance Laurin. Together, they deconstruct the preconceived idea of the role of the lawyer to adapt it to a specific practice for victims. Throughout their conversation, they offer concrete avenues that will allow professionals to adapt their interactions with the people they represent. The goal is not to drastically change the way they work, but to encourage lawyers to make small changes that will have a considerable impact and facilitate the lives of the people they help.

In this podcast, Me Justine Fortin and her guests propose a deconstruction of the meaning of words: those to be preferred, but especially those to be avoided. When the right words are used, they validate the experiences of victims and survivors while helping to recognize the violence and its consequences. Changing one’s vocabulary allows one to put the reality of victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence at the heart of one’s practice and at the heart of the system. To talk about this, Constance Laurin, clinical specialist in conjugal violence at Juripop and Sandrine Ricci, doctoral researcher in sociology and feminist studies, affiliated with the Research Chair on gender-based and sexual violence in higher education (UQAM).