The Osgoode Certificate in Provincial Offences Court Practice

Osgoode Professional Development is the lifelong learning arm of Osgoode Hall Law School, one of Canada’s leading law schools.

We provide a uniquely broad and flexible range of interdisciplinary graduate-level legal education to professionals with and without law degrees.

What You’ll Learn

1. The statutory framework that governs provincial offences

2. Disclosure – when to ask for it, what to look for and how to identify what’s missing

3. Role, duties and professional responsibilities of the POA practitioner

4. The pre-trial – how to get the most out of it

5. Charter applications in POA court and how to draft an effective Charter application

6. Effective oral advocacy in POA court

7. Expert insight in how to best prepare and conduct your POA trial

8. Appeals − the law and the strategies

Assessment Criteria

In order to obtain the Certificate, the learner must:

1. complete/attend all modules; and
2. successfully complete an online assessment, obtaining at least 80%.

Estimated learning effort

Approximately 35 hours of learning effort, spread over multiple weeks.

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