This French training session aims to further general knowledge in family mediation, develop and implement family mediator behavior and personal and interpersonal abilities, efficiently manage the different types of disputes and emotions and support the parties in a conflict resolution process. It will be facilitated by a team of practicing lawyers and social workers who specialize in the field of Family Law in Alberta.

Media and the Law: Working Together to Improve Access and Public Trust. A conference for journalists, judges, students, and justice system professionals.
Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12, 2018, in Halifax, N.S., to discuss important larger issues surrounding the working relationship between the media and the Canadian Courts.

The winners of the 2018 DSA Awards will be honored.

11:30 am – 1:30 pm in the Acadia room of the Calgary Marriott Downtown Hotel, Calgary (110 – 9 Avenue SE).

This French training session aims to further general knowledge in family mediation, develop and implement family mediator behavior and personal and interpersonal abilities, efficiently manage the different types of disputes and emotions and support the parties in a conflict resolution process. It will be facilitated by a team of practicing lawyers and social workers who specialize in the field of Family Law in Alberta.

This promises to be an exceptional evening, on the eve of the Chief Justice’s last day in office.

Led by Masters of Ceremonies, Don Newman and Céline Galipeau, the evening will feature tributes by the Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOG, former Prime Minister of Canada and the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada.

The first set of regulations to the Condominium Property Amendment Act have been finalized and approved. This stage contains a number of new and improved protections for buyers of new and converted condominiums.

Service Alberta is pleased to invite you to participate in an online webinar covering these new these regulations on Friday, November 17, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The webinar will include a presentation by department representatives and an opportunity for participants to submit written questions.

The new rules will improve protections for buyers of new and converted condominium units by:

• providing buyers with more information at the point of sale, including a realistic annual operating budget;
• giving options to buyers if material changes are made during construction without their agreement or if occupancy is delayed
• creating new rules around the handling of money held in trusts while condos are being built, including requiring that the money be held by a lawyer, instead of the developer;
• requiring developers to provide more information to the first elected board when it takes over control of the corporation;
• providing new inspection and enforcement powers for government.

Service Alberta advises stakeholders to consult with legal counsel when interpreting condominium related legislation and regulations prior to making any investment related decisions.

You can participate in the webinar by clicking on the following link:

https://zoom.us/j/168613676

Service Alberta looks forward to responding to any questions or ideas you have on the implementation of the purchaser protections as well as the next steps forward on improving condominium legislation in Alberta.

Please RSVP to condoreview@gov.ab.ca.

The Alberta Lawyers’ Assistance Society is offering yoga sessions taught by lawyer and judiciary volunteers for people to learn techniques to improve focus and lower stress levels. The sessions are held on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., are free of charge and designed for lawyers, law students, support staff and guests.

Assist is hosting a free peer support training session in Edmonton on developing coaching skills. Practical skills and approaches will be explored in this workshop led by certified professional coach and lawyer, Karmen Masson. Participants will learn and practise how to:

• Create a safe and supportive environment that quickly produces mutual trust and respect
• Communicate effectively through active listening, powerful questioning and direct communication
• Help others gain awareness, design actions and set goals that are most important to them

The Saint Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild of Calgary is pleased to invite all Judges, members of the legal profession and related professions, and family and friends to Calgary’s annual Red Mass. The Red Mass is a Mass celebrated in honour of the legal profession as a vocation in the service of justice and the common good. It is an occasion for people employed in the administration of justice as judges, lawyers, paralegals, assistants, civic leaders, and law students of all faiths to celebrate the beginning of the new judicial term and ask for blessing, strength, and enlightenment in the pursuit of justice for all.

Register for a free workshop for lawyers and articling students. Through simulation and skill building exercises, participants will learn practical skills to work with vulnerable clients.

This workshop, sponsored by the Calgary Foundation, is a project of the Justice Sector Constellation of Enough for All, Calgary’s Poverty Reduction Initiative, Calgary Legal Guidance, Pro Bono Law Alberta, and Mount Royal University’s Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies.

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.