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OC-62367A busy housing market poses unique challenges for legal support staff that require a unique approach to navigate for a successful real estate transaction. This presentation examines issues that can arise during a hot housing market and explores strategies that legal support staff can employ to identify and overcome these issues. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on October 4, 2023. Total running time is 1 hour, 3 minutes.
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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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OC-62366Legal support staff play an important role in identifying frequently missed issues in residential real estate transactions. This presentation explores strategies and best practices to recognize and resolve red flags when working on a purchase or sale file. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on September 20, 2023. Total running time is 1 hour, 13 minutes.
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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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OC-62329-03The second part of this two-part series dives deeper into communication and time management skills for legal support staff. This presentation discusses how to communicate with other legal professionals and best practices for time management. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on May 26, 2023 as part of our Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program.
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OC-62329-02Understanding the roles and responsibilities as a legal support staff is essential to a successful practice. Part 1 of this two-part series discusses communication and time management skills, including communication between legal support staff and “their” lawyer(s), and how to work with difficult personalities. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on May 26, 2023 as part of our Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program.
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OC-62329-01The roles and responsibilities carried out by legal support staff are integral to a successful law practice. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program on May 26, 2023 as part of our Law Office Fundamentals for Legal Support Staff program.
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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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OC-62215-03Legal support staff’s assistance in the preparation of Family Property Statements can be invaluable to a lawyer – if done properly. This on-demand program provides information on how to prepare Family Property Statementst to provide the information needed to settle the division of family property.
