Collateral Issues in Family Law (Calgary)

This is the in-person registration page for Collateral Issues in Family Law in Calgary. We are also offering this program as a livestream program.

Family law practice can be hard. Lawyers must navigate the law, including legislative amendments and common law changes, changes to court procedure, clients with their own issues (not all of them legal ones), the challenges of carrying on a business/practice, and so on. On top of this, many family law clients deal with trauma and this can affect lawyers. This program will explore these “collateral issues” that family law practitioners face:

1. Mental health and trauma – how to recognize trauma in clients; how to recognize vicarious trauma that lawyers may absorb; what trauma does in the human body; how the trauma therapy modalities of EMDR and ART work
2. Roundtable discussion on challenges that family lawyers face and strategies to address them
3. The mechanics of the Arbitration Act – what an arbitrator can and cannot do; enforcement of awards; how the various provisions of the Act intersect; how to develop strong arbitration advocacy
4. A view from the bench – family law processes in the Court of King’s Bench

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*Please Note: Program formats and dates are subject to change. Prices are subject to GST. Early bird pricing ends on November 1, 2023.

If multiple lawyers or staff members from your firm would like to attend this program, please contact [email protected] for pricing. To receive discounted group pricing, you must contact us prior to the first registration from your firm.

Chair

Roxanna S. Petts, Thompson Petts Woynorowski Family Law

Presenters

Justice Sherry Kachur, Court of King’s Bench of Alberta

Lonny Balbi KC, Balbi & Company Legal Centre

Doug Moe KC, Moe Hannah LLP

Jennifer Odenyo MSW, RSW, Awakening Change Counselling & Consulting Inc.

Crystal M. Thompson, Thompson Petts Woynorowski Family Law

Rowen  Waters MSW, RSW, Awakening Change Counselling & Consulting Inc.

Rachel C. Woynorowski, Thompson Petts Woynorowski Family Law

LESA has negotiated a special room rate of $149.99 + applicable taxes for a standard queen room at the Holiday Inn & Suites Calgary South – Conference Centre. To obtain this room rate, please contact the hotel directly at 403-475-8561 and provide the group name Legal Education Society of Alberta. Reservations must be made by November 3, 2023.