UPDATE: This seminar occurred in the past, and the seminar materials are now available.
• LESA Library subscribers can already access course materials through the LESA Library.
• Alternatively you can purchase course materials a la carte (search law and practice update).
• You can also view the list of upcoming seminars to discover live programs that are available now.
LESA’s 5th annual Law and Practice Update program is just around the corner.
It runs in Edmonton on November 13 & 14.
This incredible 2-day program packs a lot of punch; it includes 12 sessions that discuss practice management topics and provide substantive updates in 5 areas of the law.
To give you a sense about what to expect from the program, LESA spoke to seminar chair and past program attendee Ingrid Meier.
Who should attend?
Ingrid describes her firm setup as being “as small as you can get.” As a sole practitioner who works from home, she understands why the Law and Practice Update offers so much to sole practitioners and small firm lawyers who don’t have the benefit of in-house legal education programs.
This basically gives [attendees] a short snapper in each field, … [explaining] the most recent things that have happened. From there, they can go and do more research on the topics that are of particular interest to them.”
While this program is designed with sole practitioners and small firm lawyers in mind, Ingrid also pointed out that anyone looking for a general update will benefit from attending, even lawyers in larger firms.
What will you gain?
One benefit of this program is that it brings together sole practitioners and small firm lawyers from across the province. This provides incredible networking opportunities for you to connect with the fellow colleagues who best understand the unique challenges and opportunities you encounter in your practice.
Another benefit is that the program covers a wide-range of topics – providing you with information and tips to address the range of substantive law questions and practice management issues that you face. You can find the whole range of 2015 topics and speakers in the program brochure.
For Ingrid, another benefit to the program is that it helps fill in the gaps. After all, you don’t know what you don’t know. She puts it this way:
The benefit to me is that sometimes I don’t know about something that I should know about. That’s why it’s good to go to all of [the sessions], not just the particular areas that impact you. I’m a wills & estates practitioner, I do real estate, I do small corporate. But maybe I need to hear something in family law that impacts wills & estates. From that perspective, I look forward to having my eyes opened in areas I don’t practice in, because they might have some things that impact my areas and they might have some processes that they’re using that I could utilize in my area.”
Make it a trip!
Perhaps you have a partner or family you’re thinking of bringing along? With the seminar located at the Fantasyland Hotel in West Edmonton Mall – this is the prefect venue for a mini-getaway. You can take in the Canadian Finals Rodeo (which runs November 11–15) or enjoy the Mall’s shopping and attractions. If you reserve rooms in LESA’s room block at Fantasyland Hotel, you can even purchase discounted attraction passes to the World Waterpark and Galaxyland! See the back page of the program brochure for details.
Register now
Whether you are coming to this program with specific questions in mind or whether you are most looking forward to the networking and general overview, there is plenty to gain at this year’s Law and Practice Update.
The special early bird registration rate ends on October 6, so register now to take advantage of these savings.
We’ll see you in November!
