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Real Estate: Commercial Lending 2023
This overview of commercial lending in the real estate area offers best practices, valuable tips, and strategies to apply to your files today.
Legal Research 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
This intermediate level course will focus on how AI and emerging technologies impact various aspects of the legal research method, the products of legal research, and the way in which those products are received by their judicial audience.
Basics of Wills and Estate Planning 2023
Want to develop a successful wills and estates practice, but unsure of where to start? This course will provide you with the fundamental building blocks by teaching you how to draft a will, how to create a basic estate plan, and how to incorporate a will into an estate plan.
Strata Property Update 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
This essential update will provide an overview of the latest legal updates in strata property law and offer best practices when working with strata corporations, owners, tenants, and strata managers.
Dealing with High Conflict Personalities
At this one-day workshop, you will learn the theory of high conflict behaviour, and explore skills and techniques to manage high conflict disputes. You will draw from your own experiences, refine your existing skillset, and practice new strategies, so that you can leave this course with insight and confidence when dealing with high conflict behaviour.
Med-Arb: Training for the DR Professional
This course will take you through the key issues and elements of this innovative and exciting dispute resolution technique known as med-arb.
Working Your Way Into Canada 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Learn about approaches and strategies immigration practitioners are employing as the federal and provincial governments continue to support temporary and permanent immigration pathways, utilizing the improvements and addressing the challenges practically and effectively.
Mediating High Conflict Disputes (SOLD OUT)
In this one-day workshop, you will learn a new approach to mediating high conflict disputes. The tips and tools of this method can be used with any mediation.
Personal Injury Conference 2023
If you are a personal injury litigator—this conference is still your must attend event of the year.
Family Law Mediation Fundamentals
The second course in CLEBC's Family Law Mediation curriculum, this program will give you a better understanding of the nature and source of conflict in the context of family dispute resolution and the role and objectives of a mediator.
Pension Division on Relationship Breakdown 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
CLEBC is pleased to present the first full-day pension division program in over 10 years. Join us for a highly interactive and dynamic course focusing on pension division best practices, in-depth drafting tips & traps, ethical considerations, and more.
Captivate: Presentations That Engage and Win Over Any Audience
What if you could stand in front of an audience and deliver a presentation so powerful it captivated them from start to finish? Captivate is a cutting-edge professional development program that shows you how to deliver compelling, client-focused presentations that lead to better outcomes.
Tell Me More: Using the Power of Stories to Attract and Persuade
This lively, upbeat program explores the benefits of using stories to frame issues, engage audiences, and inspire action. You'll discover where to find good stories in your everyday life, how to craft them, and where to tell them.
Conflict Resolution 2023: Understanding Conflict Resolution Through Research
This fall, CLEBC will partner with Mediate BC and CoRe Conflict Resolution Society to bring together experts in a wide range of disciplines to provide a "one-stop" opportunity to learn about new research with implications for mediation, negotiation, and other collaborative decision-making processes.
Canadian Elder Law Conference 2023: Day 1 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
The Canadian Elder Law Conference is a two-day forum on the law and policy issues impacting older clients, featuring updates on hot topics, case law, and current research on law and aging-related issues.
Canadian Elder Law Conference 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
The Canadian Elder Law Conference is a two-day forum on the law and policy issues impacting older clients, featuring updates on hot topics, case law, and current research on law and aging-related issues.
Canadian Elder Law Conference 2023: Day 2 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
The Canadian Elder Law Conference is a two-day forum on the law and policy issues impacting older clients, featuring updates on hot topics, case law, and current research on law and aging-related issues.
Civil Litigation Basics 2023
This innovative program will allow registrants to experience the entire life cycle of a case by watching counsel present the necessary arguments at various stages of a single fact pattern.
Human Rights Law Conference 2023: Day 1 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Join us for in-depth insight on current human rights law issues. At this annual event, you will explore a comprehensive range of human rights law topics presented by diverse speakers.
Human Rights Law Conference 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Join us for in-depth insight on current human rights law issues. At this annual event, you will explore a comprehensive range of human rights law topics presented by diverse speakers.
Expert Evidence on Trial: Unearthing Bias in Expert Testimony (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Chaired by experienced cognitive scientists and a former Supreme Court of BC judge, this course will help you improve your ability to identify and expose biases, flaws, and strengths in expert reports and testimony.
Human Rights Law Conference 2023: Day 2 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Join us for in-depth insight on current human rights law issues. At this annual event, you will explore a comprehensive range of human rights law topics presented by diverse speakers.
eDiscovery and Electronic Evidence 2023
This comprehensive one-day program will quickly bring practitioners up to speed on current issues and best practices for effectively managing electronic evidence in the litigation process.
Deeper Dive into the Details of Persuasive Writing 2023
Join "CLE Performer" Stuart Teicher, Esq. as he takes a deeper dive into the details of persuasive writing that will make your writing go from good to great!
Administrative Law Conference 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
It can be difficult to stay on top of all the changes happening in administrative law. This annual conference is your efficient solution to learning about recent decisions, legislative updates, and current trends in this complex practice area.
Aboriginal Law Conference 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
The Aboriginal Law Conference will focus on the legal and pragmatic implications of current developments affecting Indigenous peoples, provincial and federal governments, and industry.
Breaking Out of the Form: Smart Direction for Better Drafting 2023
It's time to write contracts differently! Stuart Teicher, Esq. (the "CLE Performer") uses his unique style to explain why lawyers need to break free from the restrictions of the past—those dreaded forms.
Mediation Master Class (IN-PERSON)
This highly participatory course will allow experienced mediators to practice advanced skills, reflect on current topics in the mediation field, and compare and learn from best practices across different mediation contexts.
Commercial Litigation 2023
This comprehensive program is for general civil litigators who seek a review of the key procedural and substantive matters shaping the conduct of commercial litigation. As with previous editions of this program, this year's course will blend core topic areas, current legal issues, and advocacy skills to create a wide-ranging yet practical program.
Pozner on Cross: Advanced Techniques Using the Chapter Method (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Veteran trial attorney and author Larry Pozner teaches the key elements of effective cross: how to factually dominate the trial with substance, train witnesses, shape jurors' perceptions, put facts in the best context, derail opposition, and ultimately win cases.
Immigration Issues in Depth 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
Join us for our annual in-depth discussions of the most significant developments in immigration law, policy, and practice over the past year, and look ahead with your colleagues to some of the critical emerging issues.
Insurance Law Conference 2023
Continuing with the tradition of previous years, this conference will cover important case developments, critical practice issues, and notable industry trends in insurance law.
Ethics and Commercial Law 2023
This focused course will prepare you to recognize, address, and know who to ask for help when ethical issues arise. You will leave with all of your ethics credits for the year, in addition to feeling more comfortable handling ethical issues in your daily practice.
Residential Real Estate Conference 2023 (IN-PERSON & WEBINAR)
In the tradition of past years, our Residential Real Estate Conference is your chance to meet again with your colleagues and share in discussions of the latest important cases and trends.
Last Kick at the Can 2023
If you are still looking to meet your CPD requirements for 2023, take advantage of our Last Kick at the Can rebroadcast series. From December 8 to 22, we will be rebroadcasting a number of our most popular and in-demand courses from the past year.
Last Kick at the Can 2023
If you are still looking to meet your CPD requirements for 2023, take advantage of our Last Kick at the Can rebroadcast series. From December 8 to 22, we will be rebroadcasting a number of our most popular and in-demand courses from the past year.
Costs and Legal Fees 2023/24: Part 1
This comprehensive two-part program is designed to give counsel at all levels a strong working knowledge of the principles and practice that govern the law of costs.
Fundamentals of Mediation
This two-day course provides you with the entry-level training for general civil mediation. You will become familiar with the basics of mediation in a coached, practical setting.
The Powerful Performance: Effective Advocacy Skills for Lawyers
Designed to teach lawyers how to be more natural, believable, and self-possessed and to implement simple, concrete techniques that will maximize your performance at trial, in mediation, at arbitration, and in any legal argument.
Last Kick at the Can 2023
If you are still looking to meet your CPD requirements for 2023, take advantage of our Last Kick at the Can rebroadcast series. From December 8 to 22, we will be rebroadcasting a number of our most popular and in-demand courses from the past year.
Intermediate Family Law Mediation
The third course in CLEBC's Family Law Mediation curriculum, this program will give you a better understanding of family dynamics and power in mediation.
Free Webinar! Mental Health Forum for Legal Professionals 2023 – Part 2
Co-hosted by the Law Society of BC and the CLEBC, this two-part event is an opportunity to bring together the legal community to continue the conversation on mental health in the legal profession.
Mediation Skills Level 2
This four-day online course builds on the foundation provided by the Fundamentals of Mediation course (or an equivalent) by introducing more skills and providing lots of practice opportunities. The course features advanced processes and techniques, as well as practical mediation problems and practice issues.
Robert’s Rules of Order – Demystified
We will discuss the application of parliamentary procedure and Robert's Rules of Order in meetings. You will gain an understanding of rules and the principles that they are intended to uphold.
Advanced Family Mediation – Dealing with Difficult Issues in Family Mediation
The fourth and final course in CLEBC's Family Law Mediation curriculum, this program will focus on issues such as bias and impartiality, ethical issues in mediation, high-conflict personalities, culture, co-mediation, and multiparty disputes.