ASSOCIATION & OTHER EVENTS

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Legal Aid Simplified Part 2:
Navigating Legal Aid Client Programs and Services – the “Nuts and Bolts”
Fri. May 28 | 1:00 pm – 2:15 p.m.
This program is eligible for 75 minutes of Professionalism Content

Registration Fee: $25

Enforcing Foreign Judgments: Strategies, Tools and Tactics From the Trenches
Wed. June 2 | 12:00 pm – 1:15 p.m.
This program is eligible for 75 minutes of Substantive Content 

Privilege: A Litigator's Guide

Thursday, June 3, 2021, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (ET)

Live Online

One of your obligations as a litigator is to protect and preserve solicitor-client privilege. Yet, privilege can be lost under a variety of circumstances. Do you know how to maintain privilege when communicating with your client over electronic media? What about expert reports? Are communications with and documents prepared by non-lawyers protected by privilege? This program will bring you up-to-speed.

Summer Trial Advocacy College

June 10 & 11, 2021, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (ET) (Both Days)

Live Online 

Master the art of trial advocacy with this intensive two-day virtual workshop, designed to replicate a litigator’s real-world experience with none of the risk. This hands-on program will test and refine your skills in case analysis, opening and closing statements, examination-in-chief and cross-examination. Receive exceptional coaching and instruction in a safe learning environment with our trained skills instructors. Limited spaces available!

LAWRPO is offering two free CPD events scheduled in June, being delivered in partnership with Toronto Lawyers Association. Both are eligible for Law Society professionalism content, and LAWPRO’s Risk Management Credit. The links below take you straight to the registration page.

On June 15th, Continuing to Manage – Mental Health, Resilience and Resources follows up on LawPRO's February 5th mental health event. 

On June 22nd, Working Together, Remotely – Managing and Leading Through COVID-19 and Beyond will focus on a host of practice management issues lawyers and firms need to address given the current environment. 

Litigating Contract Disputes

Part 1 (Plenary Session): Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (ET)

Part 2 (Workshop): Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm (ET)

Live Online 

Contract disputes require a unique skill set to litigate. Clients demand pragmatic advice, accurate contractual interpretation and persuasive advocacy, often on an urgent basis. Join us to hear practical tips from judges and leading practitioners on how to handle contract disputes efficiently and effectively. Live demonstrations will bring theory to life and showcase how to present and test evidence at trial. Then attend the optional hands-on skills workshop where you will have the chance to practise examining and cross-examining witnesses in a contract dispute and refine these key advocacy skills in a supportive environment.  

DATES: Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 10:45 AM – Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT

PRICE: $49-$199

This isn’t your typical webinar or virtual event; this is a legal conference unlike any other, designed to help you supercharge your practice and move the industry forward. 

Join thousands of like-minded legal professionals from across the globe, driven to improve their law firms, augment their careers, and make an impact.

Attend valuable and inspiring keynotes by visionaries, changemakers, and real-life heroes.

Gain practical insights and new ideas you can bring back to your firm, powering your future success.