Looking for new professional development opportunities? The LESA Classroom is chock full of e-learning resources. Browse through our current list of Seminars on Demand. We’ve got 7 brand new titles you won’t want to miss.
*NEW Bankruptcy and Insolvency Fundamentals
A solid foundation in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings is key to running a successful practice. Examine practical strategies for advising clients, understand obligations that survive bankruptcy including the implications of fraud, and explore the lawyer’s role in working with trustees. Discover mechanisms to maximize recovery in corporate bankruptcy or insolvency situations.
*NEW Effective Legal Support: Family Law
Learn essential skills to enhance legal support staff productivity, review a family law litigation file from start to finish, and discuss proper procedures for courthouse proceedings and family law agency matters.
*NEW Effective Legal Support: Wills and Estates
Gain insight into the Surrogate Court’s processes from a clerk’s perspective. Hear from the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee about its role in a variety of estate administration scenarios. Explore applications for probate and estate administration in both standard and more complex matters, and improve your ability to manage complex file s with the most up-to-date information available in estate administration.
*NEW Estate Planning for the Average Wealth Client
Review estate planning strategies and their applications in specific, complex situations, such as those involving minor heirs, adult dependent family members, persons with disabilities, and blended families. Gain valuable tips for managing client expectations when complex situations arise.
*NEW Labour and Employment Law Update
Examine changes to key labour and employment law statutes, review influential cases, and discuss timely issues with an experienced panel of legal professionals.
*NEW The Business of Running a Law Practice
Discover how to run a law practice from business and management perspectives. Explore topics including office space management; tax implications; alternative fee structures; technology solutions and limitations; recruitment, retention, and payroll; and marketing your business.
*NEW Understanding the Brain – What Lawyers Need to Know
Explore brain science, development, and deterioration. Understand the effects of conflict, mental illness, and aging on people dealing with legal issues. Cover topics including,
• Helping Families Thrive,
• Navigating Stormy Waters: The Intersection of Good Lawyering and Brain Science,
• The Brain and Aging, and
• How to Build a Brain.
• How to Build a Brain, presented by Dr. Nicole Sherren PhD, is offered as a separate complimentary resource.
ADDITIONAL TITLES
With more than 40 additional titles across various areas of the law, there’s something for everyone.
- Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act Applications for Legal Support Staff
- Alberta Land Titles Online
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Fundamentals
- Being an Excellent Principal
- Buying and Selling a Business
- Capacity and Influence
- Client Relationship Essentials
- Contract Review and Clause Negotiation
- Collections for Legal Support Staff
- Condominiums: A Practitioner’s Update
- Corporate Drafting
- Corporate Procedure Fundamentals
- Court of Appeal Practice
- Court of Appeal Procedure for Legal Support Staff
- Domestic Contracts
- Drafting Pleadings, Affidavits, and Orders
- Drafting Your First Trust
- Drafting Your First Will
- Effective Legal Support
- Effective Legal Support: Civil Litigation
- Effective Legal Support: Family Law
- Effective Legal Support: Wills and Estates
- Employment Law Fundamentals
- Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives
- Estate Accounting
- Estate Administration Fundamentals
- Estate Litigation Fundamentals
- Estate Planning Essentials
- Estate Planning for the Average Wealth Client
- Evidence Law Refresher
- Family Law Trial Fundamentals
- File Organization for Legal Support Staff
- Financial Disclosure in Family Law Matters
- Foreclosures Fundamentals
- How to Build a Brain
- Immigration Fundamentals
- Junior Solicitor Business Law Basics
- Labour and Employment Law Update
- Matrimonial Property 2017
- New Estate Administration Act
- New Estate Administration Act for Legal Support Staff
- PCLaw® Basics
- PCLaw® Beyond the Basics
- Personal Property Security and Debt Recovery Essentials
- Questioning
- Real Estate Essentials
- Research for Legal Support Staff
- Running Your First Trial
- Securities Law
- Technology Contracts
- Top 10+ (Things Every Lawyer Should Know)
- Understanding the Brain – What Lawyers Need to Know
- Written Advocacy – Preparing Persuasive Documents
LESA CLASSROOM
Looking for more? The LESA Classroom also has a number of interactive self-study modules. Increase your knowledge at your convenience.
Rules of Court Series
- Understanding the Litigation Process
- Bringing an Action
- Post-Commencement Pleadings
- Framework for Managing Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Resolving Pre-Trial Issues and Preserving Rights
- Trial
- Judgments, Orders, and Costs
- Family Law Rules
Practice Management and Professional Responsibility
- Being an Excellent Principal
- Code of Conduct
- How to Build a Brain
- Lawyer Assist
- Trust Accounting Fundamentals
- Trust Accounting for Responsible Lawyer
Discover all that the LESA Classroom has to offer. Visit LESA.org/Classroom to learn more and to register.