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New Program Alert! Financial Statements: Deeper Dive
Suit up and learn the tools for effective financial statement analysis! Assess key issues in balance sheet accounts, consider what estimates and judgments could have manipulated the results, dive into financial statement ratios, and consider approaches to business valuation. There is no pre-requisite for this webinar, though you may also ...
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Error in Law Results in Retrial: R v. TJF 2024 SCC 38
In R v TJF 2024 SCC 38, the Supreme Court of Canada set aside an acquittal and ordered a retrial due to an error in law. The complainant was in a common law relationship with the accused from 2004 to 2012. The complainant alleged that the accused used violence and ...
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42nd Annual Intensive Advocacy
Update: This program is now sold out. Sign up for the LESA E-List to be notified of future offerings of this program. LESA is thrilled to announce the return of our Annual Intensive Advocacy in 2025! Develop a confident, professional courtroom presence by exploring every aspect of trial and hearing ...
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Enhance Your Litigation Skills at LESA’s Two-Day Institute
Regardless of the kinds of litigation you practice, all litigators have common skills they need to develop throughout their careers. We’re excited to offer a two-day learning and networking opportunity for those practicing in civil litigation, criminal law, family law litigation, and estate litigation. This program will also be of ...
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Meet Presenter: Yasemin Shihab Ahmed | Practice Note 2 Exposed: Your Key to Filing and Deadlines
LESA’s Practice Note 2 Exposed: Your Key to Filing and Deadlines webinar is just a few weeks away. We recently caught up with one of the webinar’s presenters—Yasemin Shihab Ahmed—to learn more about Yasemin’s background and practice and to gain some insights into what makes this webinar unique, and why you ...
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Events are her forte! Meet: Kathy Fortier
In addition to our annual LESA Refresher (scheduled for April 2025 with a focus on Wills and Estates) LESA is excited to launch our first-ever two-day institutes in Calgary this year. The first of which is our upcoming Alberta Family Law Institute taking place November 28-29, 2024. Next up is ...
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Law Society of Alberta Announces Amendments to the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta
The Law Society of Alberta has announced that the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta (the “Rules”) regarding Client Identification and Verification (“CIV Rules”) will be amended. The current CIV Rules do not require that a lawyer be in their client’s physical presence when verifying a client’s identity using ...
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Meet Presenter: Dean Das | Business Valuations in Legal Matters
Have you encountered business valuations and forensic accounting evidence in your law practice yet? If you’re a litigator, corporate lawyer, or family law practitioner, chances are you will, and LESA’s upcoming lunchtime webinar – Primer on Business Valuations in Legal Matters – will give you insight into the unique considerations ...
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