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Skills Development
- Winning Advocacy Skills: Examination in Chief and Cross-examination of Experts
- Social Media in the Courtroom
- Strategies for Succeeding at Difficult Conversations
- Risk, not just a 4-letter Word
- The Art and Science of Minute Taking
- How to Get the Most Out of your Meeting
- Why Reinvent the Wheel: Taking Advantage of Knowledge Management Systems
- From Litigation to Collaboration: Achieving the Full Paradigm Shift for You, Your Firm and Clients - Improving Access to Justice particularly in Family Law
Intellectual Property
Business Law
Litigation
- Social Media in the Courtroom
- Useful Expert Evidence: the Evolution of Rule and Practice
- Effective Advocacy at the Top: Appearing in the SCC
- Winning Advocacy Skills: Examination in Chief and Cross-examination of Experts
- Strategies for Succeeding at Difficult Conversations
- Risk, not just a 4-letter Word
- How to Get the Most Out of your Meeting
- An Insurance Lawyer's Survival Guide
- Is Canada a Secular State?
- Preparing for Litigation: How In-house and Outside Counsel Can Collaborate to Maximize Results
- Developments in the Remedial Powers of the Charter"
- Gauging the Canadian Business Landscape: Shareholder Activism, Proxy Fights, and Contested Takeovers
- From Litigation to Collaboration: Achieving the Full Paradigm Shift for You, Your Firm and Clients - Improving Access to Justice particularly in Family Law
- Civil Litigation Section Business Meeting - Open house Monday, August 13
Government
- The Art and Science of Minute Taking
- How to Get the Most Out of your Meeting
- Preparing for Litigation: How In-house and Outside Counsel Can Collaborate to Maximize Results
- Protection of Workers in Canada
- Practical Advice on Aboriginal Law for the Non-Specialist
- Strategies for Succeeding at Difficult Conversations
- Is Canada a Secular State?
- Developments in the Remedial Powers of the Charter
- Why Reinvent the Wheel: Taking Advantage of Knowledge Management Systems
- Current Issues for Local Governments
- Public Sector Lawyers Opening Reception Sunday, August 12
- Public Sector Lawyers Forum Business Meeting – Open house Monday, August 13
- John Tait Award of Excellence Reception – recognizing Public Sector Lawyers Monday, August 13
In-house Counsel
- Diversity in Action: Creating and Implementing a Diversity Plan in your Organization
- Critical Success Factor: Business Planning for the Legal Department
- Preparing for Litigation: How In-house and Outside Counsel Can Collaborate to Maximize Results
- Why Reinvent the Wheel? Taking Advantage of Knowledge Management Systems to Increase Efficiencies and Productivity in Your Legal Department
- Gauging the Canadian Business Landscape: Shareholder Activism, Proxy Fights & Contested Takeovers
- The Art and Science of Minute Taking
- Hiring to Firing: A guide for In-House Counsel
- How to Get the Most out of your Meeting
- Social Media in the Workplace: How do you minimize the risk?
Programs with Ethics content
- Estate Planning for Fractured Families
- Effective Advocacy 'At The Top': Appearing in the S.C.C.
- Winning Advocacy Skills: Examination-in-Chief and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses
- Strategies for Succeeding at Difficult Conversations
- Helping Your Client Protect Its IP (and Avoiding Mistakes along the Way)
- Practical Advice on Aboriginal Law for the Non-Specialist: Avoiding the Common Traps and Pitfalls
- An Insurance Lawyer's Survival Guide: Useful Tools for a Claims-free Practice
- Critical Success Factor: Business Planning for the Legal Department
- Preparing for Litigation: How In-house and Outside Counsel Can Collaborate to Maximize Results
- Why Reinvent the Wheel? Taking Advantage of Knowledge Management Systems to Increase Efficiencies and Productivity in Your Legal Department
- Gauging the Canadian Business Landscape: Shareholder Activism, Proxy Fights & Contested Takeovers
- The Art and Science of Minute Taking
- Hiring to Firing: A guide for In-House Counsel
- How to Get the Most out of your Meeting
- Social Media in the Workplace: How do you minimize the risk?
- From Litigation to Collaboration: Achieving the Full Paradigm Shift for You, Your Firm and Clients - Improving Access to Justice particularly in Family Law