Family Law Research Guide

Continuing legal education or continuing professional development (CPD) conference materials are a useful source of current and practical information. Some recent programs are listed on this page. Here are some suggestions for locating other CPD materials on your topic: 

1. Use the Great Library and Ontario Courthouse Libraries catalogue to search for programs and papers from a variety of CPD providers (e.g., Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, and Advocates' Society) available in the library. 

• The library catalogue holds the full-text of articles from LSO CPD programs. Materials from LSO CPD programs from 2004 onwards are available remotely and for free. Browse the Family LSO CPD Sub-Collection. 
• The library catalogue also holds a collection of digitized CPD materials from other providers, but these are only available in the Great Library physical space. Browse the Family Law Non-LSO CPD Sub-Collection.
• The library also has a large physical collection of CPD articles from the LSO and other providers.  

1. Use The Canadian Law Symposia Index (available through Lexis+™ Canada) to find references to papers from selected Canadian and American CLE programs and other legal symposia since January 1986. 

To see a list of individual papers, click on the links below for the library catalogue entry.

19th Family Law Summit (Law Society of Ontario, 2025) 

Family Law Refresher 2024 (Law Society of Ontario, 2024)

The Eight-Minute Family Law Lawyer 2024 (Law Society of Ontario, 2024) KF 505 .ZB3 S593 2024

Fifteenth Annual Bread and Butter Issues in Family Law (Ontario Bar Association, 2024) KF 535.7 .A75 O583 2024 

31st Annual Institute of Family Law 2022 (County of Carleton Law Association, 2022) KF 505 .ZA2 I5774 2022e