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  • 62390.04
    Lawyers and legal support staff form an essential partnership in facilitating successful commercial real estate transactions. This paper discusses the role of a lawyer in commercial real estate transactions and explores the collaboration between lawyers and legal support staff in this endeavour. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on March 13, 2024.
  • OC-62384
    From the perspective of land surveyors, this presentation examines issues that frequently arise with surveys in residential real estate transactions and real property reports. Looking at real life examples, the presenters provide practical advice on what justifies updating an RPR, what to do if you encounter issues with RPRs, boundary disputes and discrepancies, encroachments, and municipal compliance (or non-compliance). This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 23, 2024.  Total running time is 1 hour.
  • OC-62363
    The Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) and Child Support Recalculation Program (RP) are administrative programs that operate within the Ministry of Justice. This on-demand program explores the following aspects of these programs: The legislative framework for the MEP and RP; The MEP’s enforcement authority; When to serve the MEP and why; Drafting orders; The MEP’s section 7 and child status policies; The Child Support Recalculation Program Regulation and the administrative limits of the RP; The FSOS complaint review process and the ombudsman. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on December 6, 2023. Total running time is 51 minutes.
  • OC-62367
    A busy housing market poses unique challenges for legal support staff that require a unique approach to navigate for a successful real estate transaction. This presentation examines issues that can arise during a hot housing market and explores strategies that legal support staff can employ to identify and overcome these issues. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on October 4, 2023. Total running time is 1 hour, 3 minutes.
  • 62367.01
    A busy housing market poses unique challenges for legal support staff that require a unique approach to navigate for a successful real estate transaction. This paper examines issues that can arise during a hot housing market and considers strategies that legal support staff can employ to identify and overcome these issues. This paper was presented at LESA’s Effective Legal Support: Residential Conveyancing Red Flags webinar on September 20, 2023.
  • 62366.01
    Legal support staff play an important role in identifying frequently missed issues in residential real estate transactions. This paper explores strategies and best practices to recognize and resolve red flags when working on a purchase or sale file. This paper was presented at LESA’s Effective Legal Support: Residential Conveyancing Red Flags webinar on September 20, 2023.
  • 62329.03
    Legal assistants and paralegals are extensions of their responsible lawyers. At times legal support staff may be called upon to support lawyers in conducting legal research. This paper introduces legal research at a foundational level and serves as a starting point for junior legal professionals seeking to gain more knowledge in this area. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on May 26, 2023.  
  • 62329.02
    Understanding the roles and responsibilities as a legal support staff is essential to a successful practice. This paper discusses communication and time management skills, including communication between legal support staff and “their” lawyer(s), how to work with difficult personalities, how to communicate with other legal professionals, and best practices for efficient time management. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on May 26, 2023.
  • OC-62329-03
    The second part of this two-part series dives deeper into communication and time management skills for legal support staff. This presentation discusses how to communicate with other legal professionals and best practices for time management. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on May 26, 2023 as part of our Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program.
  • OC-62329-02
    Understanding the roles and responsibilities as a legal support staff is essential to a successful practice. Part 1 of this two-part series discusses communication and time management skills, including communication between legal support staff and “their” lawyer(s), and how to work with difficult personalities. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on May 26, 2023 as part of our Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program.
  • OC-62329-01
    The roles and responsibilities carried out by legal support staff are integral to a successful law practice. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on May 26, 2023 as part of our Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program.
  • OC-62215-03
    Legal support staff’s assistance in the preparation of Family Property Statements can be invaluable to a lawyer – if done properly. This on-demand program provides information on how to prepare Family Property Statementst to provide the information needed to settle the division of family property.