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OC-PF-LSSThis course explores topics related to working with legal support staff, such as delegation, supervision, professional responsibility, communication strategies, and providing feedback. It will take approximately one hour to complete.
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OC-PF-WBThis course explores topics such as recognizing and addressing burnout, building resilience and key skills, and aligning actions with values. It will take approximately two hours to complete.
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OC-PF-PBThis course will provide an overview for developing and adapting precedents and maintaining a precedent bank. It will take approximately one hour to complete.
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OC-PF-FMThis course will focus on the basics of file management. It will take approximately two hours to complete.
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OC-PF-ECThis course 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. It will take approximately two hours to complete.
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OC-PF-CBRCivility is an essential part of legal practice. You are obligated to be courteous and civil with all whom you have dealings with in the course of your practice, even when others are not acting civilly towards you. This course discusses how to practice civility and build collaborative relationships with opposing counsel. It will take approximately one hour to complete.
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OC-Art101Starting your articling year can be overwhelming. This course is designed to provide you with the foundational skills needed to build a successful law practice. Lessons explore the basics of practice management, provide an introduction to litigation and solicitor matters, and discuss how to ensure a smooth transition from student to lawyer. This course is complimentary.
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OC-PF-TEMLawyers are drowning in technology-based interruptions, switching tasks on the computer nearly 600 times a day. Constant distractions from various methods of communication such as email, instant messaging, social media, and phone calls can kill productivity without the processes and technology in place to manage them. This course will teach methodologies to achieve focus and take back control of your day, and upcoming weeks and months. It will take approximately four hours to complete.
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OC-PF-LMMemos or letters may be used to communicate legal information to a variety of audiences, including clients, courts, colleagues with whom we are collaborating, and opposing counsel. Understanding which type of document is required in each situation, and how to properly structure and compose the document are important elements influencing the effectiveness of the information you communicate. This course looks at three common types of written communications that lawyers are frequently required to prepare.
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OC-PF-CContracts are instruments recognized and given effect by law, pursuant to which the rights, benefits, and obligations of the parties are allocated. Contract drafting is a practical skill that requires years of practice and effort to master. This course will provide the foundational principles of contract drafting to allow you to build your skills in your early years of practice.
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OC-PTCThe articling experience can significantly influence the trajectory of an articling student’s career. Establishing a good principal-articling student relationship and providing a supportive and enriching articling experience are very important to your articling student’s success. This training course is intended to provide all principals with the skills and tools necessary to successfully fulfil their role in the articling process.
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