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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.
Day 2 of this two-part series will find leading securities practitioners curating only the most important big transactions, trends, and hot topics to discuss with you. This will be your efficient solution to learning all about the latest developments.
This course addresses the interplay between family law and estate planning, including the often conflicting obligations presented by these two areas of law.
This highly interactive two-day workshop is the only comprehensive family violence training available in BC. Featuring real case studies, personal stories, role-playing, coaching, and review of current literature, research, and statistics, this is a must-attend event for family dispute resolution professionals looking to meet their training requirements under the FLA.
At this one-day course, you will learn about the latest developments and the most critical and complex issues facing self-regulating bodies.
Have you ever wanted to receive honest, personalized feedback from senior counsel and judges to take your advocacy skills to the next level? This is your chance to practice on your feet in a real courtroom.
This basics course will provide you with the fundamental building blocks to litigate a wills and estates case, plus build a practice in this area.
At this conference, you will learn from scholars and practitioners of Indigenous law about the legal principles and concepts underlying Indigenous legal orders, as well as about the importance of Indigenous legal processes and institutions.
This panel of media lawyers/scholars will discuss various challenging legal questions that have recently emerged on the social media landscape in the sphere of copyright law.
This one-hour session complements the full-day course Tendering Update 2024 and will provide you with a review of the fundamentals involved in the process.
This course will identify key legal issues that arise in the myriad ways tendering is used in business and provide insight into their identification, clarification, and management throughout the bid and award stages. Our expert faculty will tackle emerging issues such as supply chain constraints, price escalation clauses, and new equity, diversity, and inclusion requirements.
At this introductory workshop, Chartered Professional Accountants experienced in working with lawyers will teach you basic accounting concepts, along with what financial statements reveal about a company's performance and viability.
In this one hour session, mentors and mentees alike will learn strategies and tools they can use to get the most out of their mentoring relationships.
This program is an introduction for solicitors and litigators to what they really need to know to navigate insurance contracts and insurance law generally.
This comprehensive course will look at a broad array of hot topics, in sentencing, both established and emerging.
This program will provide you with a solid foundation for drafting shareholders' agreements, and you will walk away with a model shareholders' agreement.
In this course, our senior faculty will focus on a variety of advanced issues faced by conveyancers every day, including many hot topics.
In this two-hour session, our panelists will provide their insight into the legal, ethical, and practical challenges and considerations on how to effectively collect and test evidence through the use of interpreters.
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.
This comprehensive half-day program will examine the investigations by WorkSafeBC and the RCMP when a workplace fatality occurs, illuminating the differences and nuances of the two processes and how various factors will dictate the best course of action for counsel.
This course is a comprehensive review of the principles and strategic and tactical considerations that go into assessing and framing (or challenging) a matter that is under consideration as a summary trial.
This free course is designed as a practical guide to every stage of the Gladue report lifecycle. We will examine current best practices for report writing on a provincial and national level and welcome collaboration on future endeavours for enhancing the effectiveness of Gladue in practice.
Why wait until the last minute to complete your CPD requirements? Join our Summer Series and watch rebroadcasts of our most popular and in-demand courses from the past few months. Enroll now and make your summer count!
Why wait until the last minute to complete your CPD requirements? Join our Summer Series and watch rebroadcasts of our most popular and in-demand courses from the past few months. Enroll now and make your summer count!
Take back control of your firm by better managing your associates. In this session, we'll look at everything from hires and onboarding to training, mentoring, compensation, and potential partnership.
This course is essential for new family mediators and those attending mediations as counsel. It will introduce participants to the theory and practice of negotiation and mediation.
Join us for the fourth edition of our rave-reviewed course featuring a comprehensive review of the key elements of what it takes to excel as a junior litigator.
Feeling overwhelmed by your workload? Struggling to balance productivity with time for life outside the office? This course is designed to help you implement effective time management strategies that enhance efficiency and reduce stress.
Join us for an approachable dive into artificial intelligence and the future of legal practice. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to leverage AI for innovative legal solutions and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving legal landscape.
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.
This highly interactive two-day workshop is the only comprehensive family violence training available in BC. Featuring real case studies, personal stories, role-playing, coaching, and review of current literature, research, and statistics, this is a must-attend event for family dispute resolution professionals looking to meet their training requirements under the FLA.
This course will examine regulatory processes, their operation, and their implications for counsel. The regulated industries covered will include securities, forestry, mining, environmental protection, taxation, and workplace safety, among others.
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. Space is limited!
At your update on construction law this year, solicitors and litigators team up to tell you how to try to avoid problems at the outset and how to deal with problems if they arise.
Here is your one-stop shop for a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of real estate practice in BC! The expert faculty will take you through the essential issues and show you how to build a strong foundation in real estate law.
This course will prepare you for the incoming Money Judgment Enforcement Act and the Money Judgment Enforcement Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act.
Join us as experienced faculty explore important estate planning topics of the day and provide you with tools so you can ensure that your clients' estates are distributed in an orderly fashion without controversy. You will leave this course up to date and confident in your ability to create practical plans for your clients' assets.
Join us for the two-day Wills, Estates and Trusts Conference 2024, featuring Estate Planning Update on Day 1 and Estate Litigation Update on Day 2. Join us and be the advisor your clients deserve today!
Our experienced faculty will share their academic knowledge of the law surrounding estate litigation and their practice experience to further your skills as a litigator to handle all types of trust and estate-related issues. You will leave this course better equipped both in your knowledge and skills in estate litigation proceedings.
This conference will provide you with a balanced approach towards key developments and issues in labour law, getting you up to date on the latest Charter, privacy, human rights, arbitration, Labour Relations Board, and judicial review issues — all in one day.
In this course, hear from experienced family law practitioners and financial experts on tips, information, and advice to resolve the complex financial issues that can come with family law files.
This course will explore the financial role associates play — specifically how their work contributes to billing clients and generating revenue — and how this can be highly beneficial to your firm's success.
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. Space is limited!
Join us in this interactive course to explore how communications with clients, witnesses, lawyers, and judges may become more effective using Street Epistemology, a communication method to help people reflect on the quality of their reasoning through civil conversations.
Join us to learn how to respond to and report workplace sexual harassment and be a part of the solution.
This course is designed for lawyers who communicate about technical concepts in writing and will teach you how to visualize your own writing from the perspective of a reader.
This course brings together innovators and thought leaders from across the profession who are practicing at the cutting edge of Canadian climate law, and grappling with the complex intersections between climate law and more established practice areas.
This two-day course will be a hands-on opportunity to understand the framework of conflict resolution tools available to support workplace conflict resolution. Limited enrolment. Register early to avoid disappointment!
Whether you're just starting or looking to advance your career, this course offers actionable insights into how junior lawyers can build a client base, create meaningful networks, and establish a reputation that will carry them throughout their careers—all while staying true to their ethical compass.
In this cross-disciplinary course, we assist family, elder, and estate law practitioners to anticipate and plan for unpleasant yet inevitable legal issues that can arise in the interplay between aging, death, and divorce.
