The LegalTech Summit Canada is a future-focused event dedicated to providing legal professionals with modern solutions to their most challenging, tedious problems. This event is a unique opportunity to explore the latest technologies, product innovations, and digital strategies with senior lawyers and legal tech authorities alike.

Featuring session on automation and artificial intelligence, digital marketing, improving the client experience in a remote or hybrid setting, and a one-of-a-kind presentation on the Law Society of Alberta’s Innovation Sandbox Initiative by Len Polsky, manager, Legal Technology and Mentorship, this event is covering everything law firms and in-house departments need to stay on top of the latest trends, drive efficiency in their organizations, and thrive in an evolving legal industry.

Now is the time to look towards the future and become an early adopter of the technology that is changing the field. Don’t miss your chance to connect with senior legal professionals and discover game-changing legal technology on June 15. Register today.

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Time: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. (MT)

The 11th annual Moose Hide Campaign takes place on Thursday, May 12. The Moose Hide Campaign is a grassroots movement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous men and boys who are standing up against violence towards women and children.

Throughout the year, and especially around the time of the campaign, people are encouraged to wear a moose hide pin to signify their commitment to standing against and protecting women and children from gender-based and domestic violence.

The inspiration for the campaign came to co-founders Paul Lacerte and his daughter Raven on an early morning in August 2011. The pair were hunting for moose on their traditional Carrier territory along the Highway of Tears — a 725-kilometre highway in northern British Columbia between Prince George and Prince Rupert where many women have gone missing or been murdered.

Since then, more than two million moose hide pins have been distributed in thousands of participating communities, schools, and organizations across Canada.

As shared on their website, “Moose Hide Campaign Day is a day of ceremony. It’s a day where all Canadians are called to join together to take a stand against violence towards women and children and to take practical steps for our collective journey of reconciliation.”

Learn more about the different ways you, your firm or your organization can get involved at the Moose Hide Campaign Day event website.

Appellate Advocacy (Alberta) will provide you with key insights on how to capture and maintain the court’s attention, and give your client the best chance for success. Appellate judges and experienced appeal counsel will share invaluable guidance on how you can improve your facta drafting, hearing preparation, oral argument and more. Our keynote presentation will feature invaluable insights from the Honourable Chief Justice Catherine A. Fraser of the Court of Appeal of Alberta. Learn more.

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. MT
Location: Le Germain Hotel 899 Centre Street S, Calgary (with optional webcast)
Register Here

The National Criminal Law Program (NCLP) is back, and can’t wait to welcome registrants in person in 2022. The theme for this year’s NCLP is “Criminal Procedure, Ethics, and the Charter” and the program will be in Victoria, from July 4–8. Registrants will have access to up to 23 hours of substantive legal education including topics covering ethics, professionalism, diversity and inclusion as well as over 80 papers written by our faculty of Canada’s finest judges, Crown Prosecutors and Defence Counsel. Discounts and mentoring opportunities are available for new lawyers as well as networking events for all.

Register now and check out the full program and faculty list here and be sure to follow the event on Twitter.

Join the Chief Justice of Alberta, Justices, and senior staff of the Court of Appeal for a discussion on current and future state of court operations, including virtual and hybrid hearings, appeal conferences and JDRs, public access to court records and more. We welcome your input Members of the Bar on these topics at this time.

Details and registration link to follow.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Via Webex

Please join the Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF) Edmonton for their celebration of Equality Day. This fundraising breakfast will feature a panel discussion. “Gendered Islamaphobia: Personal Reflections of Three Alberta Women” will be moderated by Danielle Paradis. The panelists are Sania Chaudhry, a lawyer working on an LLM with a research focus on critical race theory and founder of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association; Hannan Mohamud, a law student, podcaster, and writer on intersectional and critical race analysis, who sits on the board of directors of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women; and Amna Qureshi, a staff lawyer and Mental Health Court Team Lead at Legal Aid Alberta, who was instrumental in setting up the Mental Health Court in Alberta.

LEAF was founded on April 17, the same day that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 15 equality guarantees came into force in 1985. Your support of this event allows the organization to continue its important mission nationally and at the local level. For any questions, please contact edmonton@leaf.ca.

The Honourable Beverley Browne – Wîyasôw Iskweêw – Restorative Justice Committee is pleased to invite you to attend a Symposium by Webex to officially launch the Alberta Courts’ Restorative Justice Pilot Project.

Agenda – Webex starts at 4:15

• 4:15 Opening Prayer by Elder
• 4:20 Opening remarks by Chief Justice Moreau and Chief Judge Redman
• 4:30 Project overview by Justice Loparco and Judge Christopher
• 4:40 Prosecution Referral Guideline presentation by Matthew Hinshaw
• 5:00 Panel discussion with Indigenous leaders and urban RJ providers moderated by Andrea Ménard
• 5:40 Closing remarks by Deputy Chief Judge Durant
• 5:45 Closing Prayer by Elder

This event is FREE and open to all members of the bar and public. Register here.

Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) has launched CCDC Document Webinars, an exciting new initiative aimed at providing information and guidance about the content and use of our standard construction documents.

The CCDC webinar in March will be on CCDC 40 – 2018 Rules for Mediation and Arbitration of Construction Industry Disputes. Join them on March 24 for the English presentation and on March 31 for the French, both starting at 1 p.m. ET, to learn dispute resolution rules specific to construction disputes from experienced construction counsel.

Disputes are common on construction projects and can have significant financial and commercial impacts when not promptly resolved. For over a decade, CCDC’s standard construction contracts have included provisions on the use and rules of arbitration and mediation. Arbitration and mediation processes are intended to encourage speedy, cost-effective and private resolution of disputes, without having to deal with overburdened courts and an adversarial system.

The speakers will explain the sequence and potential outcomes of arbitration and mediation processes, as well as the roles and responsibilities of all parties, including consultants, involved in construction disputes. If you’ve ever wondered how to navigate construction disputes, you won’t want to miss this!

Who should attend? Owners, contractors, architects, engineers, lawyers and allied professionals in the construction industry.

Registration

Register for this webinar at the links below:

English CCDC 40 Webinar: Thursday, March 24

French CCDC 40 Webinar: Thursday, March 31

Price: $95 + tax

Join the Canadian Association of Somali Lawyers and the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association for a candid conversation on the intersections of identity, deen and lawyering. Register here.

Date: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022

Time: 8 p.m.

Join the Indigenous Law Students’ Association (ILSA) and the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law for the 2022 Speaker Series. Each day, world renowned speakers will share their wisdom and insights, as we reflect on this year’s topic, Coming Home: Bringing Children, Laws and Legal Traditions Back to Their Homefire.

Join the ISLA and the U of A  on Feb. 28, 2022 until March 4, 2022, between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m to hear from this years’ line up.

​Don’t miss out on a special addition on Friday, March 4, 2022 where there will be performances by Tammy Rae, Vanessa Kim Beaudry, and Rocky Morin & the boys. Register here.