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Finding & Using Social Media Evidence

with Sarah Stothart

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Learning Options:

Live webinar with chat*
includes 60 day replay
9:00 am – 10:30 am (Pacific)
10:00 am – 11:30 am (Mountain)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Central)
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Eastern)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Atlantic)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (Newfoundland)

*This program features real-time video of the presenter with synchronized presentation slides, and a chat feature that allows for live Q & A. SK attendees please verify whether you align with Central (MB) or Mountain (AB) time based on season and location.

Registration Fee:


Save $25
Register on or before June 6, 2025
$140.00 + HST

Register after June 6, 2025
$165.00 + HST

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CPD Credit Hours:

Credit Hours

CPD Hours (live presentation*)

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Who Should Attend

This program will benefit lawyers who want to better understand how to get and use social media evidence.

About the Program

Facebook, X, Instagram, and Google capture our words, images, location and more. With so much of our lives stored online, social media has introduced powerful new sources of evidence that lawyers must be prepared to identify, collect, and use in litigation. This highly practical presentation with experienced litigator Sarah Stothart will explore the evolving social media evidence landscape, along with the unique opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations it presents. Drawing on recent treatment of social media evidence in a wide range of cases, Sarah will share important guidance for how to effectively find, authenticate, present and challenge social media evidence in your cases. Topics include:

  • Identifying relevant social media evidence
  • Gathering and preserving existing evidence
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Educating clients on the “evolving record”
  • Ethical issues for lawyers

For better or for worse the pervasive nature of social media has given it a permanent place in litigation. Attend this program and get up to date on how to make sure your client’s online footprint works for – not against – them!

Meet Your Presenter

Sarah Stothart

Sarah Stothart is a partner in the Litigation Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans. Sarah has a broad practice primarily divided between complex commercial, insolvency, and intellectual property litigation. Her complex commercial practice involves shareholder and oppression issues, fiduciary duty claims, and contractual breaches and misrepresentations. She also advises and represents clients in competition disputes, technology disputes, data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, and regulatory proceedings involving energy and copyright. Sarah has appeared before all levels of Ontario and Canadian federal courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as a variety of administrative boards and tribunals in Canada and the US. Sarah is licensed to practice in Ontario and California.

Schedule (Eastern)

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Welcome & Introduction

Finding Social Media Evidence

  • Leveraging the Discovery Process
  • Disclosure of “Private” Content
  • Obtaining Social Media Content or Account or Information from Third Parties
  • Ethical Considerations

Using Social Media Evidence

  • Authenticating Social Media as Evidence
  • Risks Associated with Viewing Social Media “Live” In Court
  • Understanding Language Used in Social Media
  • Dealing with Deleted Accounts
  • Examples of How Social Media Evidence Has Been Used

Program Wrap-up & Evaluation

Praise for Past Programs

"5 out of 5! Exactly as advertised."

" Very interesting discussion. Will be very helpful in future"

"Everything was very useful and relevant."

"Presenter was very responsive to questions!"

" Liked getting the slides with the cases. Excellent paper!"

" Very good program, lots of practical information."

" Loved the use of cases and polls. Well done and interesting."

" Very well done. Excellent presenter."

" This was an immensely helpful presentation. Thank you."
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Registration Fees

All costs are in Canadian dollars before taxes.

HST/GST: 848208492

Until June 6, 2025

Finding & Using Social Media Evidence, with Sarah Stothart, Thursday, June 26, 2025
$140.00

After June 6, 2025

Finding & Using Social Media Evidence, with Sarah Stothart, Thursday, June 26, 2025
$165.00

Groups Save!

Register 3+ attendees and save up to 25%. See our group discounts here. Contact jennifer@seminarpartners.ca.

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