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OC-Art101Starting your articling year can be overwhelming. This course is designed to provide you with the foundational skills needed to build a successful law practice. Lessons explore the basics of practice management, provide an introduction to litigation and solicitor matters, and discuss how to ensure a smooth transition from student to lawyer. This course is complimentary.
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OC-PF-TEMLawyers are drowning in technology-based interruptions, switching tasks on the computer nearly 600 times a day. Constant distractions from various methods of communication such as email, instant messaging, social media, and phone calls can kill productivity without the processes and technology in place to manage them. This course will teach methodologies to achieve focus and take back control of your day, and upcoming weeks and months. It will take approximately four hours to complete.
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OC-PF-LMMemos or letters may be used to communicate legal information to a variety of audiences, including clients, courts, colleagues with whom we are collaborating, and opposing counsel. Understanding which type of document is required in each situation, and how to properly structure and compose the document are important elements influencing the effectiveness of the information you communicate. This course looks at three common types of written communications that lawyers are frequently required to prepare.
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62387.01This paper provides strategies and best practices for legal writing in Alberta, with topics including three principles of legal writing, drafting emails, drafting blogs, and practicing your writing. This paper was presented at LESA’s Effective Legal Writing Skills webinar on April 16, 2024.
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62402.02Designed specifically for legal support staff across a variety of practice areas, this paper explores how to build your own digital notebook using Microsoft OneNote, and how to organize your schedule and tasks using Microsoft Planner. This paper was presented at LESA’s Tech Tips for Legal Support Staff webinar on April 3, 2024.
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62402.01Designed specifically for legal support staff across a variety of practice areas, this paper explores helpful tech tips when using Microsoft Word Mail Merge and Adobe PDFs. This paper was presented at LESA’s Tech Tips for Legal Support Staff webinar on April 3, 2024.
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OC-62387Written communication is integral to the practice of law. The ability to produce well-written legal documents will greatly benefit your practice. Examine strategies and best practices for legal writing in Alberta, with topics including the principles of legal writing; drafting emails; drafting blogs; and practicing your writing. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on April 16, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 3 minutes.
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OC-62402Designed specifically for legal support staff across a variety of practice areas, this on-demand program aims to elevate digital skills, fostering efficiency and adaptability in today’s paperless legal environment. Topics include how to build a dynamic digital resource library using Microsoft OneNote, how to transform a chaotic schedule into a structured, collaborative success using Microsoft Planner, how to utilize Microsoft Word Mail Merge to efficiently create form letters, pulling data from a Microsoft Excel Worksheet, and how to utilize Adobe Acrobat. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on April 3, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour.
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OC-62392While the potential benefits of effectively utilizing AI in your legal practice are enormous, it can be challenging to keep up with the legal and ethical issues. Explore AI from the perspective of a computer scientist, including the workings of ChatGPT and potential pitfalls, such as hallucinations, and ethical standards relating to AI. Examine practical applications and implications of AI from a lawyer’s perspective, including available tools for lawyers and what they can (and cannot) do, how to appropriately utilize AI in practice, and how lawyers might misuse AI. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on February 21, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 27 minutes.
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OC-62375Explore tips for effective practice management, including file management, time management, client communication, and billing. This on-demand program is geared towards articling students, lawyers in their first few years of practice, and lawyers who are considering starting their own practice. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on February 13, 2024. Total running time is 45 minutes.
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OC-62388This presentation outlines a number of the changes law firms are facing, and how to handle them. Topics include: why strategic planning is critical for law firms right now, how to prepare for retirements and transfer of ownership, how to keep lawyers motivated to stay and evolve with the firm, and how to prepare for changes to the profession resulting from developments like AI. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 25, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour.
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OC-62360This on-demand program explores cross-cultural interactions and the ways that so-called “implicit” or unconscious biases that we all have can affect how we interact with each other. It further considers the ways that implicit biases may show up, the impact they can have, the sources from which they arise, and best practices for mitigating their effects. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on December 5, 2023. Total running time is 2 hours, 52 minutes.
