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Law Society of Alberta Survey

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Role: New Committee Applicant

Role: Bencher Vacancy Applicant

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
  • Please review and update your information in the Lawyer Portal. The information that will be collected from the Lawyer Portal includes some personal, demographic and lawyer history, including complaints information, and provided by the CEO/ED to the Nominating Committee when relevant, as a further due diligence process.
  • Your Law Society roll number is required to complete the form.
  • A CV is required to be uploaded for all Committee Volunteer applications.
  • The Nominating Committee will only consider CVs that adhere to the following size and format requirements:
    • Maximum two pages
    • Use size 12 font
    • 1.1 line spacing
    • PDF or Docx format
    • Maximum 1 MB
  • This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will remain available to update on one device until complete. Once submitted it will not be possible to update the survey after you have closed your browser.
  • It is the responsibility of the applicants to ensure their applications are complete. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
  • Please review and update your information in the Lawyer Portal. The information that will be collected from the Lawyer Portal includes some personal, demographic and lawyer history, including complaints information, and provided by the CEO/ED to the Nominating Committee when relevant, as a further due diligence process.
  • Your Law Society roll number is required to complete the form.
  • A CV is required to be uploaded for all Bencher Vacancy applications.
  • The Nominating Committee will only consider CVs that adhere to the following size and format requirements:
    • Maximum two pages
    • Use size 12 font
    • 1.1 line spacing
    • PDF or Docx format
    • Maximum 1 MB
  • This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will remain available to update on one device until complete. Once submitted it will not be possible to update the survey after you have closed your browser.
  • It is the responsibility of the applicants to ensure their applications are complete. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
  • Please review and update your information in the Lawyer Portal. The information that will be collected from the Lawyer Portal includes some personal, demographic and lawyer history, including complaints information, and provided by the CEO/ED to the Nominating Committee when relevant, as a further due diligence process.
  • Your Law Society roll number is required to complete the form.
  • This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will remain available to update on one device until complete. Once submitted it will not be possible to update the survey after you have closed your browser. Please contact Governance@lawsociety.ab.ca if you need help.
  • Please review and update your information in the Lawyer Portal. The information that will be collected from the Lawyer Portal includes some personal, demographic and lawyer history, including complaints information, and provided by the CEO/ED to the Nominating Committee when relevant, as a further due diligence process.
  • Your Law Society roll number is required to complete the form.
  • This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will remain available to update on one device until complete. Once submitted it will not be possible to update the survey after you have closed your browser.
  • This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will remain available to update on one device until complete. Once submitted it will not be possible to update the survey after you have closed your browser. Please contact Governance@lawsociety.ab.ca if you need help.
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CONTACT INFORMATION

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CURRENT AND NEW BENCHERS

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Bencher Committee Preference

Information on the following committees is available on our website.

All Benchers (except the President and President-Elect) are appointed to the following committees: Conduct, Practice Review, Assurance Fund Adjudications (Finance), Credentials and Education, Complaint Dismissal Appeals, Trust Safety.
Note: For the committees listed in bold, the same Chair is appointed for all four committees with a Vice-Chair position required only on the Complaint Dismissal Appeals Committee.

Please indicate your committee interest in rank order by selecting each committee only once.

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CURRENT VOLUNTEERS & NEW COMMITTEE APPLICANTS

Committee Preference

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BENCHER VACANCY APPLICATION

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ATTRIBUTES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The purpose of this section of the form is to collect information on your attributes, knowledge and skills.

Attributes

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Demographics

The Law Society is committed to inclusivity and strives to have diverse representation of the profession. The information collected in the demographic section will be considered by the Nominating Committee.
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