Explore key topics for legal support staff through this comprehensive program, including family property spreadsheets, understanding ADR processes, trial preparation (including summary and expedited trials), mental health strategies, effective communication, and a guide for legal support staff on reviews of lawyers’ charges. Tailored to equip legal support professionals with strategies to effectively support both lawyers and clients, these programs also consider best practices and tools to maintain digital file organization. These on-demand programs were originally presented on June 6, 2024. The total running time for each presentation ranges between 35 minutes to 1 hour, 17 minutes.

It is important for legal support staff to understand reviews of lawyers’ charges. Explore topics such as a Guide to the Review Office Web Page, tips for booking a review, forms for reviews, responding to a client-requested review, the time limit and limitation period, service of documents for a review, and adjournments. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Family Law for Legal Support Staff on June 6, 2024.  Total running time is 54 minutes.

The law governing the time limit and the limitation period for a review of lawyer’s accounts is complex and cannot be fully understood by reading rule 10.10(2) and section 2 of the Limitations Act. Much of it is derived from judicial decisions. This paper provides a brief overview of the law and examines the time limits and limitation periods for reviews of lawyers’ statements of account. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Family Law for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on June 6, 2024.