40th Annual Intensive Advocacy (Calgary)

Dates: June 5–10, 2023 

Venue: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) 

Price: $3,495 + GST 

This course has limited enrollment. 

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 hearing.

“This course did an excellent job of simulating the rigors of a week of trial while also providing clear instruction that resulted in improvements and changes in advocacy skills that were extremely noticeable within a short period of time.” ~ 2021 Participant

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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. For more information, visit LESA.org/covid19. 

Chair

Justice Sandra Corbett, Alberta Court of Justice

Team Leaders

Justice Rosemary E. Nation, Court of King’s Bench of Alberta 

Justice Susan Pepper, Alberta Court of Justice

Mona Duckett KC, Dawson, Duckett, Garcia & Johnson 

Tim Mavko, Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP 

Jennifer Ruttan, Ruttan Bates 

Alexander Yiu, Ackroyd LLP 

Guest Instructors

Justice Janet Dixon, Alberta Court of Justice

Bina Border, Crown Prosecutors’ Office 

Melissa Burkett, Alberta Justice 

Neil Dobson, Alberta Department of Justice 

Kaysi Fagan, Kaysi Fagan Professional Corporation 

Danielle Green, Alberta Department of Justice 

Elizabeth Iredale, Alberta Justice 

Tom McCartney, Alberta Securities Commission  

Rob McDonald KC, Bennett Jones LLP 

Shelley Moore, Moore Law Practice

Tom O’Leary KC, Dentons Canada LLP 

Linda Maj KC, Department of Justice Canada 

Laura Marr, Alberta Court of Justice

Richard (Rick) Muenz, Muenz Criminal Law 

Darren Reed, Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP

Andrew Wilson KC, JSS Barristers 

Matthew Woodley, Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP