Online courses
Luke's Place offers self-directed online trainings for service providers and lawyers on a range of topics.
Our courses are hosted on our secure site: LukesPlaceTraining.ca.
After she leaves: Family law training for women's advocates
This course is an accompaniment to our After She Leaves manual. This course provides advocates with the information they need to provide effective family court support in Ontario.
Learn more about the After She Leaves course.
Fee: FREE to Luke's Place FCSW Partners and women's organizations working with survivors of intimate partner violence.
Email us with your work email to learn more and gain access.
Feminist law reform for gender-based violence organizations
This advocacy course explores how to do law reform as a community-based organization. It covers the steps in a law reform campaign, including how to work effectively in a coalition. It also looks at other forms of law reform and recent campaigns.
Learn more about Feminist law reform.
Fee: FREE
Email us to learn more and gain access.
Feminist media leadership
This advocacy course looks at how to work with the media to promote gender-based violence concerns. It covers traditional and social media, the role of a media spokesperson, communication tools and media interviews. It also explores how much language matters in all these situations.
Learn more about Feminist media leadership.
Fee: FREE
Email us to learn more and gain access.
Effective lawyering with clients leaving abusive relationships
This course is designed for family law lawyers and law students, this program contains 1hr 20 mins Professionalism Hours and is eligible for up to 1 hr 10 mins Substantive Hours. This program covers core issues in intimate partner abuse cases, including cultural and legal contexts, screening, evidence, and professional responsibilities
Learn more about the Effective Lawyering course.
Fee: $125
Parent-child-contact-problem (Alienation)
This course is designed for Ontario family law lawyers and law students.
The material will also be of interest to service providers who support survivors of intimate partner violence involved in the family court system.
It explores why children may not want contact with a parent, the intersection of this allegation with family violence, Canadian case law, and strategies for lawyers and the courts.
For lawyers, the course contains 15 mins Professionalism Hours and is eligible for up to 1 hr 45 mins Substantive Hours.
Learn more about the Parent-child-contact-problem (Alienation) course.
Fee: FREE
Email us with your work or school email to learn more and gain access.