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38th Annual Intensive Advocacy (Calgary)
October 25, 2021 – October 30, 2021
$2,995.00Important Change
Individual registration through the attendee’s LESA.org account is required for all LESA programs.
Program access (including access to materials and recording(s) (if available)) will be assigned to the LESA.org account used on registration. If you do not yet have an account, one will be created for you on checkout. If you have any questions about your account, contact us at [email protected].
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Dates: October 25-30, 2021
Venue: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Price: $2,995 + GST
Develop a confident, professional courtroom presence by exploring every aspect of trial and hearing work. LESA’s Intensive Advocacy course is an intense, learn-by-doing program that offers an incomparable opportunity to develop skills as an advocate. The course couples continual performance with rich performance feedback. With the aid of brief faculty lectures and faculty demonstrations, attendees perform drills and exercises designed to hone critical advocacy skills. The course focuses on four key competencies designed to help attendees develop and perfect their advocacy skills: case analysis, storytelling, evidence, and courtroom decorum. On the final day of the course, attendees integrate these competencies in a simulated trial or administrative hearing.
This program has limited enrollment and is sold out.
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*Please Note: Program formats and dates are subject to change depending on the COVID-19 situation at the time of a program running. We are committed to ensuring the health and safety of all attendees, volunteers, and staff (and their families) and will follow all provincial and local public health regulations. We have instituted a mandatory COVID vaccination policy for this program. For more information, visit LESA.org/covid19
Faculty
Chair
Judge S.L. Corbett, Provincial Court of Alberta
Team Leaders
Judge J.L. Dixon, Provincial Court of Alberta
Mona T. Duckett QC, Dawson, Duckett, Garcia & Johnson
Tim Mavko, Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP
Justice R.E. Nation, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta
Judge S.E. Pepper, Provincial Court of Alberta
William W. Shores QC, Shores Jardine LLP
Guest Instructors (Monday/Tuesday)
Rodney C. Fong, Alberta Ombudsman and Office of the Public Interest Commissioner
Danielle E. Green, Crown Prosecutors’ Office
Tom McCartney, Alberta Securities Commission
Rob D. McDonald QC, Bennett Jones LLP
Brent W. Mielke, MLT Aikins LLP
Ryan K. O’Fee, O’Fee Law
Jon P. Rossall QC, McLennan Ross LLP
Andrew P. Wilson, Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP
Guest Instructors (Wednesday/Thursday)
Judge E.J. Tolppanen, Provincial Court of Alberta
Paul M. Bourassa, Bourassa Law & Strategic Services
Melissa N. Burkett, Alberta Justice and Solicitor General
Kate L. Hurlburt QC, Emery Jamieson LLP
Elizabeth Iredale, Alberta Justice – Social Enhancement Legal Team
Linda A. Maj, Department of Justice Canada
Thomas P. O’Leary, Dentons Canada LLP
Darren J. Reed, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Roger Smith, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Alexander Yiu, Ackroyd LLP
Guest Instructors (Friday)
Paul M. Bourassa, Bourassa Law & Strategic Services
Tom McCartney, Alberta Securities Commission
Ryan K. O’Fee, O’Fee Law
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LESA wishes to also thank the guest judges and guest administrative panel members assisting with the moot trials and hearings on Saturday:
Justice Anne Kirker; Justice David A. Labrenz; Justice Bryan E. Mahoney; Justice E. Jane Sidnell; Justice W.P. Sullivan; Judge A.J. Brown; Judge P.J. Mason; Judge K.R. McLeod; Judge J.J. Ogle; Judge G.D.M. Stirling; Grace Brittain; Susan E. Fisher; Anne Michaud; Robert J. Mueller; Peter A. Verschoote
Accommodations
LESA has secured a special rate for attendees of the 38th Annual Intensive Advocacy program at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Calgary NW (2373 Banff Trail NW).
A special rate of $114.99 plus taxes per night for a “One King Bed Suite” is being offered until September 24, 2021 or until the room block has been sold out. This room rate includes parking, Wi-Fi, and breakfast. This property is less than a five minute drive from SAIT and is also on the C-Train line which stops at SAIT.
Please click here to contact the hotel directly to make your room reservation or call 587.390.6100 and mention the group name “Intensive Advocacy”.
Hotel reservation does not constitute registration in the program. Guests will be responsible for all room charges. Cancellation charges will apply after 6:00 PM five days prior to arrival.