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THE EFFECTIVE USE OF PRIOR
INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010 - 12:00pm
Champagne Room (Yellowknife)
The successful use of a prior
inconsistent statement can be a key
aspect to your ultimate success at trial.
Unfortunately, failure to correctly put
a prior inconsistent statement to a
witness can not only result in
frustration, but a successful objection
for your opponent and a potential gap
in your overall trial strategy. Justice
Charbonneau and Justice Schuler of
Supreme Court of the NWT will
present a lunch & learn CLE on the
procedures related to the use of prior
inconsistent statements in crossexamination
of witnesses.
ARMED CONFLICT: DETAINEES
AND VICTIMS OF WAR
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010 - 12:00pm
Champagne Room (Yellowknife)
The evolution of law in international
war has seen a increase in media
attention, particularly with regard to
prisoners and victims of war. In this
special Lunch & Learn event,
Lieutenant Colonel James MacMillan,
D e p u t y J u d g e A d v o c a t e
(Yellowknife), provides an overview
of the law of armed conflict, including
the foundations of the Geneva
Convention and common media
misunderstandings.
A FAMILY LAW EVENING:
SPOUSAL SUPPORT & THE
MATRIMONIAL ASSESSMENT
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010 - 5:00pm
Champagne Room (Yellowknife)
Join Calgary-based Family Law
Lawyer Lonny Balbi, QC, for this
two-part evening event:
1. Spousal support is one of the most
complicated and conceptually difficult
areas of the law. A careful reading of
the Divorce Act does not clarify very
much. Judges are left with so much
discretion that case law is unhelpful to
most practitioners. The Spousal
Support Advisory Guidelines
introduced a new way of thinking
about spousal support. Learn how to
argue the relevance (or the
irrelevance) of the SSAGs and
u nderstand how t hey were
developed.
2. Most Family Law lawyers are
willing to give away the advice which
is most crucial to clients. The first
meeting a client has with a lawyer is
probably the most important meeting
that client will ever have with his or
her counsel. There are some excellent
strategies to provide Family Law
clients with excellent value for that
first meeting and, additionally, allow
the lawyer to charge appropriately for
it.
ALTERNATIVE BILLING:
REPLACING TIME WITH VALUE
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2010 - 12:00pm
Champagne Room (Yellowknife)
The profession is in trouble! Clients
are complaining that lawyers are
simply too expensive. Very few
people leave a lawyer's office feeling
that it was a positive experience.
Many of the negative feelings come
from the way we charge.
Charging by the hour is a concept that
is old and fragile. Buying a car or
booking a flight can cost the same as
legal services, and yet the experience
is completely different. Lawyers could
do a much better job by learning how
to charge a flat fee and provide better
value to clients.
MEETINGS
CRIMINAL LAW SECTION
JUNE 2, 2010 - 12:00pm
Law Society Boardroom
LEGAL ETHICS & PRACTICE
COMMITTEE
JUNE 9, 2010 - 12:00pm
Law Society Boardroom
WOMEN LAWYERS FORUM
JUNE 15, 2010 - 12:00pm
Law Society Boardroom
CBA-NT ANNUAL SUMMER
MEETING
JUNE 2, 2010 - 12:00pm
Law Society Boardroom