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| bio = '''John-Paul Boyd''' is the founding author of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' and | | bio = '''John-Paul Boyd''' is the founding author of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' and a member of the publication's editorial committee and advisory committee. In September 2013, John-Paul became the executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Calgary. He is well known as a litigator, arbitrator, collaborative practitioner, mediator and <span class="noglossary">parenting coordinator</span> from his days in private practice in Vancouver. | ||
John-Paul is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. He has served on the Attorney General's Family Law Act Advisory Group, the editorial board of the Continuing Legal Education Society's ''Family Practice Manual'' and the <span class="noglossary">Provincial Court</span>'s Family Law Rules Committee. ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' is the successor to John-Paul's long-time public legal education website, JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resource (www.bcfamilylawresource.com), first published since 2001, and its syndicated companion [http://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.ca blog], first published in 2008. | |||
John-Paul is a prolific writer and speaker on family law topics, and is a frequent presenter for the Canadian Bar Association, the Continuing Legal Education Society, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's National Family Law Program, the Provincial and Superior Courts of British Columbia and the National Judicial Institute. His work has also appeared in the ''Lawyers Weekly'', the ''Advocate'', the ''UBC Law Review'' and ''Canadian Family Law Quarterly''. He is the author of [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/spousal-epoux/topic-theme/calc/index.html Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculations], published by the Department of Justice. | |||
John-Paul has been listed by the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers since 2010 and is a recipient of the CBA's National Pro Bono Service Award, the UBC Law Alumni Association's Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and the CBA British Columbia's Harry Rankin, <span class="noglossary">QC</span> Pro Bono Award. In a 2012 report of the BC Public Legal Education and Information Working Group, John-Paul was named as one of the six major providers of public legal education on family law in BC, along with the Legal Services Society, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ministry of Justice, the University of Victoria Law Centre and the Justice Education Society. | |||
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John-Paul Boyd is the founding author of JP Boyd on Family Law and a member of the publication's editorial committee and advisory committee. In September 2013, John-Paul became the executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Calgary. He is well known as a litigator, arbitrator, collaborative practitioner, mediator and parenting coordinator from his days in private practice in Vancouver.
John-Paul is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. He has served on the Attorney General's Family Law Act Advisory Group, the editorial board of the Continuing Legal Education Society's Family Practice Manual and the Provincial Court's Family Law Rules Committee. JP Boyd on Family Law is the successor to John-Paul's long-time public legal education website, JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resource (www.bcfamilylawresource.com), first published since 2001, and its syndicated companion blog, first published in 2008. John-Paul is a prolific writer and speaker on family law topics, and is a frequent presenter for the Canadian Bar Association, the Continuing Legal Education Society, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's National Family Law Program, the Provincial and Superior Courts of British Columbia and the National Judicial Institute. His work has also appeared in the Lawyers Weekly, the Advocate, the UBC Law Review and Canadian Family Law Quarterly. He is the author of Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculations, published by the Department of Justice. John-Paul has been listed by the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers since 2010 and is a recipient of the CBA's National Pro Bono Service Award, the UBC Law Alumni Association's Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and the CBA British Columbia's Harry Rankin, QC Pro Bono Award. In a 2012 report of the BC Public Legal Education and Information Working Group, John-Paul was named as one of the six major providers of public legal education on family law in BC, along with the Legal Services Society, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ministry of Justice, the University of Victoria Law Centre and the Justice Education Society. |
