Achievements

Articles

Cheng, Chilwin. “Don't even try it: Obstructing an investigation even means you can obstruct a non-Investigation.” Canlii Connects, 16 June, 2023. https://canliiconnects.org/en/commentaries/91563

Cheng, Chilwin. “Open government inadvertently may mean open season for prosecutions.” Canlii Connects, 30 May, 2023, https://canliiconnects.org/en/commentaries/91304

Cheng, Chilwin. “Joint submissions can help manage risk in regulatory prosecutions.” Canlii Connects, 12 May, 2023,
https://canliiconnects.org/en/commentaries/91162

Cheng, Chilwin. "Moneyball Law." Bartalk Magazine (Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch), August 2022, www.cbabc.org/BarTalk/Articles/2022/August/Features/Moneyball-Law

Cheng, Chilwin. "Working with Your Regulator While Police Watch: Practical advice from an analysis of R v Jarvis." Bartalk Magazine (Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch), December 2021, www.cbabc.org/BarTalk/Articles/2021/December/Features/Working-With-Your-Regulator-While-Police-Watch

Cheng, Chilwin. "Discover Data, Not Documents." Bartalk Magazine (Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch), 1 Apr. 2018, www.cbabc.org/BarTalk/Articles/2018/April/Features/Discover-Data,-Not-Documents

Cheng, Chilwin Chienhan, “Touring the Museum: A Comment on R. v. Van der Peet”
(1997) 55(2) UT Fac L Rev 419 https://www.utflr.ca/scc 

Canadian Legal Education BC Courses

Interim Remedies: Mastering the Pre-emptive Strike in High Stakes Litigation (2023), Course Chair, https://store.cle.bc.ca/productdetails.aspx?title=Interim-Remedies-Mastering-the-Pre-emptive-Strike-in-High-Stakes-Litigation-2023&cid=2064

Regulatory Proceedings and Criminal Offences (2022), Course Co-chair and Presenter, https://store.cle.bc.ca/productdetails.aspx?title=Regulatory-Proceedings-and-Criminal-Offences-2022&cid=1999

Quantitative Approaches to Litigation (2022), Course Chair, https://store.cle.bc.ca/productdetails.aspx?title=Data-Analytics-for-Lawyers-2022&cid=1955

CLE-TV Data-Based Decision Making in Litigation (2020), Course Chair, https://online.cle.bc.ca/CoursesOnDemand/ContentByCourse/Webinars?courseId=5604

Dispute Resolution Conference (2016), Course Presenter, https://online.cle.bc.ca/CoursesOnDemand/ContentByCourse/Webinars?courseId=4652

Self-Governing Professions: The Basics (2009), Course Materials Coordinator

Interviews

Chilwin Cheng CLE Spotlight: https://www.cle.bc.ca/chilwin-cheng/

Conferences

Presenter, Canadian Bar Association West Conference 2019 (Presented by CBABC and CBA Alberta), https://www.cbabc.org/Conference/Home “Becoming a Data-Driven Practice”

Presenter, Palisade 2019 San Antonio Risk Conference, https://www.palisade.com/case_studies/ascendion-law/

Legal Industry Volunteer Work

Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (British Columbia) https://faclbc.ca/ 

  • Producer and guest host of the award-winning FACL BC Podcast, Asian Litigators series
  • Mentor (2019 to present)

BC Access to Justice Centre for Excellence, University of Victoria https://bcace.org/

  • Member of Advisory Committee

Member of Provincial Government’s Administrative Justice Review consultation working group (2003-2004)

  • Led to the enactment of B.C.’s new Administrative Procedures Act, 2005

Lawyers Assistance Program of BC https://www.lapbc.com/ 

  • Director (2002 to 2005)

Community Volunteer Work

Boxing and Boxing BC https://boxingbc.ca/ 

  • Legal counsel and volunteer, Boxing BC
  • Boxing Referee
  • Masters Level amateur boxer

Volunteer Vancouver (now The Vantage Point) https://thevantagepoint.ca/ 

  • Board Member, Volunteer Vancouver (2004 – 2012)
  • Leadership Development Program Volunteer, Volunteer Vancouver (2002 to 2012)

John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland

  • President (2004 to 2006)
  • Board Member 2001 to 2006

MOSAIC https://mosaicbc.org/ 

Award

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