BarTalk June 2000
Volume 12, Number 3

The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLE) is pleased to announce its new initiative – a significant expansion of our Web site, coming later this summer. The expanded site (www.cle.bc.ca) will feature updates and analysis of recent legislative changes, cases, and practice developments and issues. As with our live programs and print books, practitioners will be contributing material for the Web site, guided by a Web site Advisory Board made up of leading members of the profession. CLE aims for their Web site to be the collective work of the profession.

Pieces added to the Web site will also be delivered by weekly e-mail, for free. And CLE will be reorienting the Web site so that you can more easily and quickly view relevant information, based on your practice areas. Beyond this summer, CLE will be working on adding several other elements to the site, including discussion forums, online publications from CLE practice manuals and course materials, and online courses and events that will supplement and extend the reach of our live programs. Please contact Drew Jackson, Manager, New Media (djackson@cle.bc.ca or 893.2159) or Mary Conibear, Web site Production Manager (mconibear@cle.bc.ca or 893.2108) if you have any questions or comments about the CLE Website.

CLE Programs
CLE is proud to announce that the third major Civil Litigation Conference will occur on Friday, November 17, 2000. This is a date when the BC Supreme Court will not be in session as the Judges are holding their own Conference – so you needn’t worry about a trial conflicting with the Conference.

Sharing the duties of Conference Chair are The Honourable Madam Justice Deborah Satanove, Supreme Court of BC, JJ Camp, QC of Camp Church & Associates, Ross McLarty of Macaulay McColl and Richard Sugden, QC of Sugden McFee & Roos. The format of the Conference is changing this year to make it easier for you to attend. Instead of two days, the Conference will be one day with your choice of three of nine break-out sessions in the afternoon. You will, however, receive the material for all nine sessions.

At this time, the Chairs are busy recruiting faculty, including a Justice from the Supreme Court of Canada. We are pleased to have confirmed both Eugene Meehan, QC President of the National CBA, and Robert Park, President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Watch for new information in the next few weeks.

This article was published in the June 2000 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.