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62390.04Lawyers 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.
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62397.01Due to the dynamic nature of civil litigation matters, the role of legal support staff can be challenging. This paper provides an overview of the King’s Filing Digital Service, including the new platform, digital filing service vs. email filing, and current differences between filing in Edmonton and Calgary. It also discusses the new rules relating to the civil streamlined trial process, which came into effect January 1, 2024, examines the purpose of streamlined trials, and provides an overview of the streamlined trial process and procedure. This paper was presented at LESA’s Effective Legal Support: Hot Topics in Civil Litigation webinar on March 14, 2024.
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62363.01The Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) and Child Support Recalculation Program (RP) are administrative programs that operate within the Ministry of Justice. This paper explores 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; and the FSOS complaint review process and the ombudsman. This paper was presented at LESA’s MEP: A Primer for Legal Support Staff webinar on December 6, 2023.
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62367.01A 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.
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62366.01Legal 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.
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62329.03Legal 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.
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62329.02Understanding 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.
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62324.01This paper provides an in-depth overview of the mechanisms provided within the Civil Enforcement Act (RSA 2000, c C-15 [CEA]) which allow enforcement creditors to recover on their judgments. This paper was presented at LESA’s Judgment Enforcement: A Deeper Dive webinar on March 17, 2023.
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62323.01This paper provides a practical overview of judgment enforcement steps, with a detailed review of garnishment and an outline of important considerations for lawyers and legal support staff when enforcing a judgment. This paper was presented at LESA’s Judgment Enforcement: Learning to Swim webinar on March 10, 2023.
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62308.01While every corporation in Alberta must have a minute book, not all minute books look the same. This paper looks at the statutory requirements for minute books, considers who is entitled to access minute books, and provides direction on updating and maintaining minute books. It also provides guidance and suggestions on reviewing minute books in two contexts: (1) becoming a new registered office, records office, and/or agent for service of a corporation; and (2) for transactional and/or due diligence purposes. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial and Corporate Transactions for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on February 9, 2023 and in Calgary on February 23, 2023.
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62308.03Successful legal project management (LPM) in corporate and commercial transactions can result in enhanced communication amongst team members and with clients, a reduction in cost overruns, and ultimately, increased client satisfaction. This paper explores legal project management principles and considers how they can be used to improve transactional legal services by legal support staff, whether their firm/organization regularly uses LPM tools or not. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial and Corporate Transactions for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on February 9, 2023 and in Calgary on February 23, 2023.
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62308.04What due diligence is required for a transaction will depend on a variety of factors. This paper explores how to effectively conduct due diligence, how to analyze and interpret the results of such information gathering, and provides general tips. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial and Corporate Transactions for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on February 9, 2023 and in Calgary on February 23, 2023.
