When your clients find themselves in disputes, you want to help resolve them as efficiently and effectively as possible. You need to be at the top of your game in civil procedure knowledge and civil advocacy skills. We can assist you with both.
April 2019
Civil Advocacy Series: Getting at the Facts (Red Deer)
Understanding the facts is critical for all civil litigators. In this skills-focused program, learn techniques that will assist you in the various fact-finding stages of civil litigation matters. Develop the confidence to elicit the facts that best support your case and to address those facts that do not.
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Questioning (Edmonton)
Review the scope of questioning, including relevancy and opinion evidence. Discuss the use of questioning evidence; cross examination on affidavit vs. questioning for discovery; and dealing with exhibits, documents, and undertakings.
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Review the scope of questioning, including relevancy and opinion evidence. Discuss the use of questioning evidence; cross examination on affidavit vs. questioning for discovery; and dealing with exhibits, documents, and undertakings.
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Provincial Court Civil Practice (Calgary)
Develop confidence and competence in handling Provincial Court civil matters. Explore civil procedure and court rules. Learn practical tips and develop strategies to efficiently move matters along.
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Develop confidence and competence in handling Provincial Court civil matters. Explore civil procedure and court rules. Learn practical tips and develop strategies to efficiently move matters along.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (Calgary)
With increased pressure on courts, lawyers seeking quick resolution of disputes must consider alternative ways of resolving them. Revisit the theories of various forms of ADR and develop strategies to enhance your use of them.
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With increased pressure on courts, lawyers seeking quick resolution of disputes must consider alternative ways of resolving them. Revisit the theories of various forms of ADR and develop strategies to enhance your use of them.
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Business Fundamentals for Lawyers Part 1: Introduction to Financial Statements – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. Learn to read and understand company financial statements. Gain basic financial literacy, learn the components of financial statements and how apply that knowledge to real life examples. We will also review the various accounting frameworks and the types of assurance that accountants can provide. Faculty Presenter Darrell Wiens, CPA, CA, MNP LLP
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Business Fundamentals for Lawyers Part 2: Financial Statement Analysis – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. Consider how to evaluate the health of a business, perform ratio analysis, uncover expenses subject to management discretion, and learn what further questions you must ask. This course assumes a basic working knowledge of financial statements and will focus on the analysis to uncover insights and understand the story behind the numbers. You may also be interested in… Business Fundamentals for Lawyers Part 4: Business Continuity…
Find out more »Rules of Court 2020 Part 1 – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. Concrete knowledge of the Rules of Court is critical for every litigator. Revisit the “must-know” rules, consider recent judicial treatment of select rules, and discover practical tips for running effective litigation files. Topics Pleadings and discovery Effective use of expert witnesses, and the rules relating to experts, in both the pre-trial and trial context The “drop dead” rule and dismissal for long…
Find out more »Rules of Court 2020 Part 2 – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. Concrete knowledge of the Rules of Court is critical for every litigator. Revisit the “must-know” rules, consider recent judicial treatment of select rules, and discover practical tips for running effective litigation files. Topics Summary trials and summary judgment (with members of the Court of Queen’s Bench, including when and how to use these tools effectively) Service ex juris, jurisdiction applications,…
Find out more »Business Fundamentals for Lawyers Part 3: Introduction to Business Valuations – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. Explore how a business valuator arrives at an opinion regarding the value of an ownership interest in a company. Examine the reporting standards followed in Canada, discuss common valuation approaches, and learn how the valuation report is organized and delivered to the reader. Explore qualitative considerations and identify common mistakes. You may also be interested in… Business Fundamentals for Lawyers…
Find out more »Effective Oral Advocacy from Remote – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. Explore the effectiveness of oral advocacy; how different is it when you remotely appear before a court or tribunal versus appearing in person? Are there things you should or should not be doing? Join Justices from the Court of Appeal of Alberta and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to discuss the judiciary’s perspective on what you can do to…
Find out more »To See or Not to See: The Impact of Without Prejudice Offers to Settle on Future Costs Awards – Webinar
About Faculty About This event occurred in the past. The recording is now available as a Webinar on Demand. At various points in the litigation process, clients often want to try to settle the dispute. Different situations may call for different solutions. Before embarking on a particular settlement path, lawyers should understand and consider the potential downstream effects of these efforts. Explore costs consequences of without prejudice offers to settle and Calderbank offers, as well as consider the possible repercussions of recent…
Find out more »Seminars on Demand
Seminar on Demand - Provincial Court Jurisdiction, Triage, and Resolution TracksSeminar on Demand - Provincial Court Mediation and Pre-trial Conferences
Seminar on Demand - Regulations Governing the Practice and Procedures for Civil Matters in the Provincial Court of Alberta
Seminar on Demand - Provincial Court Trial Preparation and Conduct of a Trial
Seminar on Demand - An Overview of Provincial Court Civil Matters from an Administrator’s Perspective
Seminar on Demand - Costs in the Provincial Court of Alberta
Seminar on Demand - Case Management: Dealing with Limitations, Deadlines, and Delay on Civil Litigation Files
Seminar on Demand - Drafting Pleadings, Affidavits, and Briefs: What You Need to Know (and a Few Things You Should Know)
Seminar on Demand - Complex Litigation
Seminar on Demand - Trial Preparation: Working with Experts
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Publications
Alberta Civil Practice Manual (Hardcopy and Electronic Format)Alberta Civil Practice Manual (Electronic Format)
Alberta Foreclosure Forms (Hardcopy and Electronic Format)
Alberta Foreclosure Forms (Electronic Format)
Civil Litigation Fundamentals (Hardcopy and Electronic Format)
Civil Litigation Fundamentals (Electronic Format)
Collections Fundamentals (Electronic Format)
Collections Fundamentals (Hardcopy and Electronic Format)
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Program Papers
Principles of Natural JusticeProvincial Court Trial Preparation and Conduct of a Trial
Procedural Considerations in Oppression Claims and Derivative Actions
An Overview of Provincial Court Civil Matters from an Administrator’s Perspective
Investigations under the Business Corporations Act
Costs in the Provincial Court of Alberta
The Oppression Remedy versus the Derivative Action
Co-Operation or Co-Op(t)eration: Mandatory ADR Case Law/Procedure Review and General Discussion
Valuation of Businesses: Issues Commercial Litigators Should Know in Contentious Shareholder Exits
A Time to Get Together: A Lawyer’s Role in Mediation
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Complimentary Resources
Questioning: Success in ChambersJurisdiction of the Provincial Court of Alberta
“The Vineyard Revitalisation” – A Tangled Tale, to Consider Client Discovery and Counselling, and Goal Implementation Strategies
Changes to the Alberta Insurance Act
Can you Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?: The Deductibility of Future Benefits From SEF 44 Claims
Breaking the Service Mould
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