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| bio = '''John-Paul Boyd''', the founding author of the Clicklaw Wikibook [[JP Boyd on Family Law]], is a litigator, arbitrator, collaborative practitioner, mediator and parenting coordinator in private practice in Vancouver and 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 Provincial Court's Family Law Rules Committee. He is the author of this wiki, a public legal education resource first published as JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resource at www.bcfamilylawresource.com in 2001, and its syndicated companion [http://bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.ca/ blog], first published in 2008.
| bio = '''John-Paul E. Boyd, KC''' is the founding author of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]''. He is an accredited family law arbitrator, family law mediator and parenting coordinator, and a member of the bars of Alberta and British Columbia. John-Paul practiced family law in Vancouver for 14 years before taking a position as the executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Calgary, in 2013. He took his training as a mediator in 2005, as a parenting coordinator in 2007, as an arbitrator in 2011 and as a collaborative practitioner in 2012. He returned to private practice at [https://www.boydarbitration.ca John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers] in 2018 and was appointed Queen's Counsel, now King's Counsel, in 2019.


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'' and the UBC Law Review. He is the author of [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fcy-fea/spo-epo/calc/index.html Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculations], published by the Department of Justice.
John-Paul regularly writes and lectures on family law topics for courts, law societies, bar associations and the public. He has been a frequent speaker for the National Judicial Institute, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the National Family Law Program, the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC and the Legal Education Society of Alberta, and has taught the family law course for upper-year law students at the University of Calgary. His written work has been published by organizations including the ''UBC Law Review'', ''Canadian Family Law Quarterly'', the ''International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family'', the ''Journal of International Aging, Law and Policy'', ''The Advocate'', the National Judicial Institute, the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, slaw.ca and ''The Lawyer’s Daily''. He is a member of the advisory board of the ''Canadian Journal of Family Law'' and the author of [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/fl-lf/spousal-epoux/calc/index.html Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculations], published by the Department of Justice. He is one of the organizers of the [http://nflac.ca National Family Law Arbitration Course], a 40-hour course providing a comprehensive introduction to the arbitration of family law disputes in Canada.


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 British Columbia, 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.
John-Paul is a recipient of the CBA's National Pro Bono Service Award, the UBC Law Alumni Association's Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, the CBA British Columbia's Harry Rankin <span class="noglossary">QC</span> Pro Bono Award and the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Law Society of Alberta and the CBA Alberta. In a 2012 report of the BC Public Legal Education and Information Working Group, John-Paul, a lawyer in private practice, 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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''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' is the successor to John-Paul's original public legal education website, ''JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resource'', first published online in 2001.
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 11 September 2022


JP Boyd
John-Paul E. Boyd, KC, John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers
www.boydarbitration.ca
John-Paul E. Boyd, KC is the founding author of JP Boyd on Family Law. He is an accredited family law arbitrator, family law mediator and parenting coordinator, and a member of the bars of Alberta and British Columbia. John-Paul practiced family law in Vancouver for 14 years before taking a position as the executive director of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Calgary, in 2013. He took his training as a mediator in 2005, as a parenting coordinator in 2007, as an arbitrator in 2011 and as a collaborative practitioner in 2012. He returned to private practice at John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers in 2018 and was appointed Queen's Counsel, now King's Counsel, in 2019.

John-Paul regularly writes and lectures on family law topics for courts, law societies, bar associations and the public. He has been a frequent speaker for the National Judicial Institute, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the National Family Law Program, the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC and the Legal Education Society of Alberta, and has taught the family law course for upper-year law students at the University of Calgary. His written work has been published by organizations including the UBC Law Review, Canadian Family Law Quarterly, the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, the Journal of International Aging, Law and Policy, The Advocate, the National Judicial Institute, the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, slaw.ca and The Lawyer’s Daily. He is a member of the advisory board of the Canadian Journal of Family Law and the author of Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculations, published by the Department of Justice. He is one of the organizers of the National Family Law Arbitration Course, a 40-hour course providing a comprehensive introduction to the arbitration of family law disputes in Canada.

John-Paul is a recipient of the CBA's National Pro Bono Service Award, the UBC Law Alumni Association's Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, the CBA British Columbia's Harry Rankin QC Pro Bono Award and the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Law Society of Alberta and the CBA Alberta. In a 2012 report of the BC Public Legal Education and Information Working Group, John-Paul, a lawyer in private practice, 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.

JP Boyd on Family Law is the successor to John-Paul's original public legal education website, JP Boyd's BC Family Law Resource, first published online in 2001.