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TLABC - The Aspiring & Inspiring Paralegal, Professional Development & Leadership

07 Mar 2018
9:00am - 5:00pm PST

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The Aspiring & Inspiring Paralegal: Professional Development & Leadership

Chaired by Priscilla Cicek & Dee Rogers

 

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Date, Time & Location:

Wednesday 7 March 2018, Pan Pacific Hotel 999 Canada Place Way, Vancouver. The seminar runs from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

 

Program:

9:00 – 9:05 Opening Statements

PRISCILLA CICEK, Legal Assessment Specialist, BICO Risk Management, Surrey

DEE ROGERS, Senior Paralegal, Jarvis McGee Rice Trial Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

 

9:05 – 9:30 Pursuing Your Career with Passion

Characteristics or Attributes that are Essential in a High-Level Paralegal

ART VERTLIEB QC Vertlieb & Co. Vancouver

 

9:30 – 10:00 Case Law Review – Substantive Law Discussion (Panel Discussion)

MICHELE ROSS, Designated Paralegal, Quay Law Centre, New Westminster

PRISCILLA CICEK, Legal Assessment Specialist, Instructor, Vancouver Community College, Surrey

CATHERINE ANNE CONNOR, Paralegal, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

 

10:00 – 10:30 Managing a Challenging Client (Forum Discussion)

KATE AUSTIN, Paralegal, Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver 

 

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break – networking and exhibitor time

 

11:00 – 11:30  Defining and Clarifying the Test for Proving Mental Injury:  

The Recent SCC Decision in Saadati and Implications for Future Cases

DAIRN SHANE, Counsel, Preszler Law, Vancouver

 

11:30 – 12:30 Primer on Personality Disorders, Part II:  Antisocial Personality Disorder

DR. MICHAEL SHEPPARD, Psychologist, DBT Centre of Vancouver, Vancouver

 

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch (included in registration fee)

 

1:30 – 2:30 Best Practices for Mediation

BARBARA CORNISH, Cornish Margolis Boyd Mediation & Arbitration, Vancouver

 

2:30 – 3:00 Performing your Best during Trial Preparation: Good, Better and Best Practices 

(Preparation, Organization & Delegation)

DEE ROGERS, Senior Paralegal, Jarvis McGee Rice Trial Lawyers LLP, Vancouver

 

3:00 – 3:30 Coffee break – networking and exhibitor time

 

3:30 – 4:00 Lawyer’s Negligence: What a Paralegal can do to Prevent Claims

MARYANNE PROHL, Claims Counsel, Lawyers Insurance Fund, Law Society of British Columbia, Vancouver

LEANNE WOOD, Claims Counsel, Lawyers Insurance Fund, Law Society of British Columbia, Vancouver

 

4:00 – 4:30 Team Unity & Leadership through Core Values

ERICA ENSTROM, MBA, HBKin, Integra Medical Consulting, Vancouver

 

4:30 – 5:00 Ethics and Professional Practice for Paralegals

Rules of Professional conduct and Ethical Obligations

MICHELE ROSS, Designated Paralegal, Quay Law Centre, New Westminster

 

5:00 Closing Remarks

 

Pricing:

Join TLABC today - members save UP TO $150!

Register by 14 February and save 10%

 

  • TLABC or BCPA Regular Member $299
  • Non-Member $449
  • Student (TLABC Member or Non-Member) $149

 

Hotel Info:

TLABC has arranged corporate rates with several downtown Vancouver hotels. Click here to see hotel partners.

07 Mar 2018
9:00am - 5:00pm PST

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