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| bio = '''John-Paul Boyd''' is the founding author of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' and an ongoing a member of the publication's editorial committee and advisory committee. In September 2013, JP 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 and as a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. 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 JP's long-time public legal education website originally known as JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resource (www.bcfamilylawresource.com) since 2001. JP continues to syndicate the companion [http://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.ca blog], first published in 2008.
JP John-Paul is a prolific writer fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and speaker on family law topics, and is a frequent presenter for member of the Canadian Bar Association, of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Continuing Legal Education Society, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. He has served on the Federation of Law Societies of CanadaAttorney General's National Family Law ProgramAct Advisory Group, the Provincial and Superior Courts editorial board of British Columbia and the National Judicial Institute. His work has also appeared in the Continuing Legal Education Society's ''Lawyers WeeklyFamily Practice Manual'', and the <span class="noglossary">Provincial Court</span>'s Family Law Rules Committee. 'Advocate'[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]' and ' is the UBC successor to John-Paul's long-time public legal education website, JP Boyd's BC Family Law ReviewResource (www.bcfamilylawresource. He is the author of com), first published since 2001, and its syndicated companion [http://www.justicebcfamilylawresource.gcblogspot.ca/eng/fl-df/spousal-epoux/topic-theme/calc/index.html Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculationsblog], first published by the Department of Justicein 2008.
JP 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, JP 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.
| name = John-Paul Boyd