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OC-62387Written communication is integral to the practice of law. The ability to produce well-written legal documents will greatly benefit your practice. Examine strategies and best practices for legal writing in Alberta, with topics including the principles of legal writing; drafting emails; drafting blogs; and practicing your writing. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on April 16, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 3 minutes.
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OC-62402Designed specifically for legal support staff across a variety of practice areas, this on-demand program aims to elevate digital skills, fostering efficiency and adaptability in today’s paperless legal environment. Topics include how to build a dynamic digital resource library using Microsoft OneNote, how to transform a chaotic schedule into a structured, collaborative success using Microsoft Planner, how to utilize Microsoft Word Mail Merge to efficiently create form letters, pulling data from a Microsoft Excel Worksheet, and how to utilize Adobe Acrobat. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on April 3, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour.
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OC-62390-4Legal support staff play an integral role in commercial real estate matters. This on-demand program provides a title insurance review, explores the ordering process for title insurance, discusses what is considered commercial, and examines issues not covered by commercial title insurance. This on-demand program was originally presented on March 13, 2024 as part of Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff. Total running time is 1 hour, 11 minutes.
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OC-62390-3Legal support staff play an integral role in commercial real estate matters. Explore common issues legal support staff may encounter with commercial lending in commercial real estate transactions, including issues with respect to the contract or conveyance instructions, commitment letter and lending instructions, and traditional banks versus non-traditional lenders. This on-demand program was originally presented on March 13, 2024 as part of Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff. Total running time is 57 minutes.
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OC-62390-2Legal support staff play an integral role in commercial real estate matters. Examine the types of due diligence searches in standard commercial real estate transactions, search request forms, and examples of search results. This on-demand program was originally presented on March 13, 2024 as part of Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff. Total running time is 50 minutes.
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OC-62390-1Lawyers and legal support staff form an essential partnership in facilitating successful commercial real estate transactions. Explore what is expected of legal support staff on a commercial purchase/sale transaction, with topics including the role of legal support staff with respect to the purchase agreement, due diligence, vendor documents, purchaser documents, closing and post-closing. Explore the role of a lawyer in commercial real estate transactions as they collaborate with legal support staff to ultimately ensure the success of the transaction. This on-demand program was originally presented on March 13, 2024 as part of Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff. Total running time is 52 minutes.
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OC-62397Due to the dynamic nature of civil litigation matters, the role of legal support staff can be challenging. This on-demand program provides an overview of the King’s Filing Digital Service. 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 on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on March 14, 2024. Total running time is 40 minutes.
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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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OC-62384From 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.
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OC-62363The 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.
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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.
