UPDATE: This seminar occurred in the past, and the seminar materials are now available.
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Are you a family law practitioner interested in how other areas of law intersect with your practice?
Do you want to gain some specialized knowledge and takeaway useful resources to reference when you have questions back in the office?
If so, All That Touches Family Law is an upcoming LESA seminar geared to meet your professional development needs.
This week, LESA spoke with seminar chair Hugh Willis to get the details on this highly anticipated program. Hugh describes himself as a “small practice kind of guy” who thinks that effective seminars should provide participants with the opportunity to hear practical information from leading practitioners. And that’s the guiding philosophy behind All That Touches Family Law.
Faculty and Topics
As Hugh explained, “The idea when putting the panel together was to identify some issues in other … very specialized areas of law that touch family law matters. This [program] will provide an opportunity … to touch on some of those issues that may not come up on a day-to-day basis, but when they do come up you want to know where you can find the answers.”
We asked Hugh what he was most looking forward to about the program, and his excitement stems from the opportunity afforded to practitioners to consider new perspectives and discover new information about specialized and complex issues, such as how foreclosure or valuing farm income affect matrimonial property divisions.
Everybody’s different, but one thing I like in a LESA panel is hearing from people whom I may know of but don’t necessarily hear from or deal with on a regular basis. If it’s a lawyer that I see across the file every other week, I’m pretty sure I know what his or her opinion is going to be. So I like the idea of bringing in a cross-section of lawyers from across the province, which is what we’ve done here. … You know, I’ve done a number of these [LESA seminars], and this one has me particularly excited. I’m excited because I think this is going to work really well, by bringing in people from across the province … who know their area and know it well.”
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Takeaway Resources
Practical Advice. Bringing in practitioners who work in a variety of practice areas across the province allows you to both gain a broad range of knowledge and consider issues from disparate perspectives – both of which will help develop and strengthen your own practice. Not only are the All That Touches Family Law seminar faculty at the top of their fields but they are also well poised to communicate their knowledge to others. Here’s what Hugh had to say about the panelists:
I think the team we’ve put together for the panel will be able to give very good, practical advice. They all know their stuff technically, but I think all of them are able to communicate on a practical level that we can understand.”
Checklists. The intention of the program is for seminar attendees to take away knowledge on specific legal issues as well as practical resources for future reference. As part of their seminar materials, panelists are preparing checklists or other practice-based, practical resources.
Register Now!
All That Touches Family Law runs in Red Deer on September 18. You can register online now to secure your spot in this incredible program.
