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• 15 mai 2012

  Cocktails, Dinner and CPD for Ottawa's Junior Bar!

  Reputation is everything. You are getting on track for a successful legal career, but how do you develop reputation? How do you market yourself and build your business? Mentors in a firm like yours (big, small or solo!) will listen to your concerns and offer tips on how to build your reputation within your firm, your network, and in court. 
  
  
  Join us for cocktails, dinner and CPD! Specially designed for junior lawyers, this casual and intimate dinner brings you face to face with trusted mentors, so that you can ask tough questions and get objective answers that will help you build your career and your confidence. 
  
  
  Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
  Time: 5:30 to 8:00 PM 
  Location: ARC Hotel, 140 Slater St., Ottawa 
  Cost: CCLA Member $73.45 / Non-Member $84.75
  
  
  This program has been accredited by the Law Society of Upper Canada for 2 hours toward the annual Professionalism Requirement and 2 hours toward the annual New Member Requirement. Full program information can be found here.
  
  
  Mentors include:
  Peter K. Doody, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  Peter G. Hagen, Soloway, Wright LLP
  Matthew J. Halpin, Norton Rose OR LLP
  K. Scott McLean, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
  Paul Muirhead, Williams McEnery
  Michael S. Rankin, McMillan LLP
  Laura B. Stewart, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  D. Lynne Watt, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  
  
  Spaces are limited! To register, please click here.

• 15 mai 2012

  Pre-trial Conferences: Best Practices

  Preparing for an upcoming pre-trial conference? Join co-chairs Justice Robert Beaudoin and Sylvia Corthorn of Kelly Santini on June 14th for a two-hour program on Pre-trial Conferences: Best Practices.  

  
  
  This program is intended for counsel of all levels of experience and is not to be missed! Included in the program is an overview of pre-trial conferences with respect to both: a) substantive aspects of the matter; and b) the trial management function. Members of the bench and counsel will discuss preparation of effective pre-trial conference briefs, the use of technology at pre-trial conferences, and what is required from all participants in the conference - including counsel, judges, masters, and clients - for a meaningful pre-trial conference. Materials will include samples of effective pre-trial conference briefs. 
  
  
  Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012 
  Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
  Location: RCAF Officers' Mess, 158 Gloucester ST., Ottawa, ON
  Cost: CCLA Members $75 / Non-Members $105
  
  
  To register for this session, click here now!
  
  
  CPD credits (both professionalism and substantive) to be determined.

• 14 mai 2012

  Register Now for the CCLA Golf Tournament!

  Fore! If you haven’t already, it’s time to think GOLF and the 2012 CCLA Annual Golf Tournament! For our annual participants, there will be a change of scenery this year as we move for the first time to the beautiful Eagle Creek Golf Course. 
  
  
  Register a team or join one to tee off with lawyers, corporate sponsors, and other professionals in the legal community. Meet us for lunch and stay afterwards for après golf collegiality and trophy awards. Prizes include fabulous foursomes at Le Maître at Mont Tremblant, Kanata Lakes, Eagle Creek, as well as many other gift certificates and fun prizes.
   
  Date: Monday, June 11th, 2012

  Time: 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM

  Location: Eagle Creek Golf Course, 109 Royal Troon Lane RR#1, Dunrobin, Ontario
  Cost: CCLA Member $163.85 / Non-Member $220.35
  

   

  Registration cost includes golf, lunch and after-golf reception. For more information and to register to play, please click here to access the registration form. This form can be used for one to four players. Please return the form with your cheque or credit card payment by email, fax, or in person to Marlee McElligott. Cheques should be made payable to the CCLA.

   

  We hope you'll join us out on the course for this fun annual event!