Family Law
Free Online Courses for 2024 or 2025 Bar Calls
Have you heard the news? LESA partnered with the Law Society of Alberta to launch a free learning opportunity for new Alberta lawyers. The Practice Fundamentals Program supports new lawyers ...
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Alberta Family Law Institute: Survive, Strive, Thrive
Are you looking to grow your library of court order clauses to add some non-standard ones to your repertoire so that you have a wide-ranging catalogue of clauses at hand ...
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New Program! Family Law Chambers
Effective chambers advocacy is critical in a family law practice. This program will explore issues that often arise in family law chambers and help lawyers develop strategies to address them. ...
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Registration is Open! Practice Fundamentals Program
Registration is now open for the Practice Fundamentals Program; a program designed for new lawyers and currently available to all 2024 Alberta bar calls. The Practice Fundamentals Program is offered ...
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Relocation & Best Interests of the Child: Potts v Marschlik, 2024 ABCA 283
Potts v Marschlik dealt with an appeal of a June 2023 summary trial decision, which addressed parenting time, relocation, and the best interests of the child. The summary trial was ...
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Continuing Professional Development (“CPD”) Planning Now Open for 2024-2025
Calling all lawyers! The Law Society of Alberta has recently announced that all Alberta lawyers with an active status must submit an annual plan by October 1, 2024. Alberta lawyers ...
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New Program! Primer on Business Valuations in Legal Matters
This webinar will explore areas of law that commonly require business valuations, and will further provide business valuation considerations that are unique to those specific areas of law. Program Details ...
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New Program Alert | Birthparent Considerations in Adoption Law
Understanding the rights, responsibilities, and considerations of birthparents in the adoption process is important for providing accurate and informed legal advice. This webinar will explore key aspects of adoptions and ...
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Alberta Property-Division Contracts and Anderson v Anderson
LESA’s recent family law paper, Applying Anderson v Anderson to Alberta Property-Division Contracts, analyzes the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent Anderson v Anderson, 2023 SCC 13 decision and the principles ...
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Canvasing Entitlements of Adult Child Support in Canada
LESA’s new family law paper, By Your Bootstraps! Judicial Attitudes Toward Adult Child Support Since 2019, provides a comprehensive analysis on the determination of adult child support entitlements across Canadian ...
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