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Cybercrime and AI: Navigating the New Frontiers of Criminal Law (On-Demand)
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With rapidly evolving technology, criminal law practitioners must keep up to date on the landscape of digital crimes. Explore emerging trends of the use of artificial intelligence in various types of criminal offending, how the advent of AI has impacted considerations regarding the authentication of evidence at trial, and how the courts are navigating this novel legal landscape.
This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 30, 2025. Total running time is 50 minutes.
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Rod J.A. Gregory, Davidson Gregory
02/2025
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Financial Statements: Deeper Dive (On-Demand)
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Suit up and learn the tools for effective financial statement analysis! Assess key issues in balance sheet accounts, consider what estimates and judgments could have manipulated the results, dive into financial statement ratios, and consider approaches to business valuation.
This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 24, 2025. Total running time is 1 hour.
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Kristin P. Gray CIRP, LIT, CPA, CA, MNP LLP
01/2025
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When Good Estate Planning Goes Bad: Avoiding Common Mistakes (On-Demand)
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Mistakes can happen in estate planning, even for experienced lawyers. This on-demand program explores common everyday mistakes that lawyers might make in relation to giftover drafting, charity beneficiaries, and the description of gifts and effective strategies to avoid them.
This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 22, 2025. Total running time is 1 hour.
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Jason Sweeney, Underwood Gilholme
01/2025
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Practice Fundamentals: Effective Communication
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Lawyers spend much of their time communicating — to clients, to colleagues, to opposing counsel, and to decision-makers. You communicate daily in various formats, through text and email, pleadings and facta, in letters, blogs, contracts, memoranda, and in-person. Ensuring you communicate effectively, whatever the forum and audience, is critical to a successful legal practice. This course, taught by Amy Binder, will focus on the principles of effective communication and how to implement them to enhance your communication skills, your client and colleague relationships, and your performance.
Amy Binder is the founder of Nudgeable Consulting Inc., a lawyer, and an ICF accredited executive coach with a graduate degree in legal education. She has 20 years of experience working directly with lawyers to support their career development. Her areas of expertise include lawyer and leader training and development, employee engagement and well-being, and executive and leadership coaching.
This course will take approximately two hours to complete.
This course relates to lawyer-client relationships, which is one of the domains in the Law Society of Alberta’s Professional Development Profile for Alberta Lawyers.
Objective One
Understand the principles of effective communication
Objective Two
Learn how to express concepts in a clear and concise manner that resonate with your audience
Objective Three
Adapt communication appropriately to different contexts, purposes, and audiences
01/2025
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Commercial Real Estate Case Law Update (On-Demand)
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Explore the latest developments in commercial real estate law to stay current and sharpen your expertise. This on-demand program analyzes significant cases, with topics including:
Time is of the Essence Clauses
Contractual Subordination and Postponement Clauses
Restrictive Covenants
Implied Easement of Accommodation
Land Titles – Missing Instruments
Misrepresentation by Realtor
This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 15, 2025. Total running time is 1 hour.
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Jenna Weinkauf, Dentons Canada LLP
01/2025
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How to Draft Effective Earn-Out Provisions and Avoid Litigation (On-Demand)
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If done properly, earn-out provisions can be a useful tool for transacting parties. However, care must be taken to address potential risks that could arise after the execution of an agreement. From the perspective of an accountant, a client, and legal practitioners, this panel discussion addresses considerations counsel should be aware of when drafting earn-out provisions and accounting issues that may impact earn-out provisions.
This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Commercial Contract Teardown on December 11, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 30 minutes.
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ChairDouglas H. Peterson, HGA Law PresentersJason Banack, HGA LawTyson Breitkreutz CPA, CA, HGA LawMandi Deren-Dube, HGA Law
12/2024
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Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Covenants in the Context of Commercial Transactions (On-Demand)
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A well-drafted restrictive covenant can protect the beneficiary from its counterparty’s use of information and connections, but a poorly drafted restricted covenant can result in unenforceability and uncertainty. Explore the background of restrictive covenants, canvasses the types of restrictive covenants common in commercial transactions, and review guidance from case law to effectively draft restrictive covenants and achieve clear and enforceable provisions.
This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Commercial Contract Teardown on December 11, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 17 minutes.
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ChairDouglas H. Peterson, HGA Law PresenterCaitlin Milne, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
12/2024
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Knowledge Qualifiers & Other Modifications of Representations & Warranties (On-Demand)
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In commercial contracts, knowledge qualifiers and other modifications can be used as means to allocate the risk associated with the accuracy of the representations and warranties between the parties. However, the general sections of commercial contract precedents are sometimes overlooked without much thought. Explore the two most common types of knowledge qualifiers found in commercial contracts, actual knowledge and constructive knowledge. Discuss the differing standards of knowledge qualifiers, sandbagging provisions, survival provisions, and materiality qualifiers.
This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Commercial Contract Teardown on December 11, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 27 minutes.
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ChairDouglas H. Peterson, HGA Law PresenterNikki J.L. van Mulligen, MMH Lawyers LLP
12/2024
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Arbitration Clauses in Commercial Contracts: A Comprehensive Guide (On-Demand)
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Arbitration clauses require careful consideration and cannot be treated as boilerplate provisions. This on-demand program explores how to draft effective arbitration clauses, with topics including:
Advantages and disadvantages of arbitration
Pathological arbitration clauses
Multi-tier dispute resolution clauses
Practical advice for dealing with clients
This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Commercial Contract Teardown on December 11, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 41 minutes.
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ChairDouglas H. Peterson, HGA Law PresenterArtem N. Barsukov, Bennett Jones LLP
12/2024
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Rules of Court 2024: Year in Review (On-Demand)
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This year-in-review on-demand program canvasses the various ways that the courts, counsel, and litigants have interpreted the Alberta Rules of Court. Significant cases and interesting points of civil procedure are examined, including the streamlined trial procedure, limitation periods, parties to the proceedings, pleadings, and dismissal for delay.
This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on December 10, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 30 minutes.
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Melissa N. Burkett, Alberta Justice
Kelly Osaka, Dentons Canada LLP
12/2024
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Don’t Stress, Find Success: Modern Law Firm Management (On-Demand)
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Do you handle the business side of your law practice? Through the use of “short snappers”, explore key considerations for effective law practice management with topics including:
Organizing your law practice to create space for managing your business
Onboarding and management of staff
Navigating conflicts of interest
Securing your finances
Technology considerations
Business Development
Planning for your future
This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on December 9, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 10 minutes.
Please note that there are no materials associated with this presentation.
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Kurt E. Schlachter KC, Stringam Law
12/2024
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Not-so-Secret Service: Tips and Tricks on Service of Commencement Documents for Support Staff (On-Demand)
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All litigation starts with a commencement document, which includes statements of claim, originating applications, counterclaims, and third party claims. Explore how to properly serve a commencement document, and what to do if service seems impractical or seemingly impossible.
This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Civil Procedure for Legal Support Staff on November 22, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour.
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Alex Mosaico, Mosaico Law
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Andrea Steen, Witten LLP
12/2024
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