New Course

Rise Women’s Legal Centre has released a new report, “Should I Have Just Stayed?” Improving Family Law Remedies for Survivors During BC’s Housing Crisis, which shows the dangerous effects of BC’s housing crisis on women and gender diverse people. The first in-depth study of its kind, the report shows that, though the housing crisis in BC is affecting everyone, it can be life-threatening to survivors of intimate partner and family violence. This 1 hour training explains the unique challenges survivors of family violence face, and the ways lawyers can incorporate this research into their practice. Understanding these challenges will help you to support survivors of violence navigating BC's housing crisis and family law system.

Learning Objective #1

Identify intersection with the housing crisis and violence

Learning Objective #2

Understand how perpetrators use coercive control

Learning Objective #3

Apply this understanding in your work

1.00 CPD CREDIT

The Law Society of British Columbia has approved this program for 1.00 CPD credit in Professional Responsibility & Ethics.

Instructor: Haley Hrymak

Haley Hrymak (she/her), Staff Lawyer, Rise Women's Legal Centre Haley Hrymak (she/her), Staff Lawyer, Rise Women's Legal Centre Haley is a staff lawyer at Rise Women’s Legal Centre and conducts original research to support Rise’s goal of providing responsive family law services to women and gender diverse people in BC. On behalf of Rise, Haley has led numerous research projects on family violence and its intersection with the family law system. Haley began working at Rise in 2018 and is grateful for the opportunity to work towards systemic change in her role. Haley was called to the bar in 2015 and holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Manitoba, and a LL.M from UBC. Outside of Rise she is a PhD Candidate at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law where her research focuses on economic abuse and BC’s child support system.

Questions?

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$125.00