The Inns of Court Victoria is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a 2-hour in person seminar on the topic of “Tips and Tricks for Building a Resilient Legal Career”.
Panelists:
Del Friday (she/her) serves as the Legal Community Liaison & Educator at the Courthouse Library.
Ms. Friday is a practicing wills & estates lawyer with over 20 years of experience. She leads the Library’s Training & Outreach Program and loves to connect lawyers, notaries, court advocates, and other legal professionals to the legal resources and training offered at the library.
Clare Asquith Finegan (she/her) serves as the Librarian for the New Westminster Courthouse Library.
Ms. Finegan graduated from UBC in 2016 with a Master of Library and Information Studies. Since 2018, Ms. Finegan has worked as a Client Services Librarian with CLBC, assisting the public and the legal community with finding and using legal information. She has worked various jobs in the arts, service industry, and many things in between, but her primary interest has always been to help people to navigate the barriers that stop them from accessing the information they need.
Topic:
The panelists will be discussing about Tips and Tricks for Building a Resilient Legal Career.
In the last three years, your legal career has survived a sudden shift to virtual work, heat dome, wildfires, floods, a frenzied housing market, inflation, and rising interest rates.
How can you prepare your career for the next threat?
During this interactive workshop, you will learn how to use legal research tools and collaborative problem-solving methods to create a more resilient practice. The panelists will introduce some of the resources at the Courthouse Library you can use to build a legal career that can withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
Professional Development Credits: This course offers up to 2 hours of Professional Development Credits (See “How to get PD Credit” below).
When: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Time: Doors open at 4:30pm in the afternoon. Check–in is between 4:30pm and 5:00pm.
Food and beverage will be available at 5:00pm. The program begins at 5:30pm and ends at 7:30pm.
Location: Barrister’s Lounge at the Victoria Law Courts – 850 Burdett Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8W 1B4
Cost: The cost of the event is $35.00 per person (includes food and beverage) paid to the “Victoria Bar Association”
There are two options to make payment:
1. Pay online through the Inns of Court event page at www.Vicbar.ca (click link)
2. Pay manually by sending a cheque to Anwar Mujtabah at:
Crease Harman LLP
800 – 1070 Douglas Street
Victoria, BC V8W 2C4
Phone: 250-388-5421, Ext. 114
Fax: 250.388.4294
Email: amujtabah@crease.com
How to get PD Credit
To get the 2 PD Credits, this is the process after the event has completed:
a) Find Law Society “Member Services”
b) Select “Member Portal” and enter your information
c) ‘Login’
d) Under “Education” select “Continuing Professional Development (CPD)”
e) Type the group study name of “Inns of Court” into the “Course/Group Study” name box (leave dates out as this is set up with a date range)
f) In the Course/Group Study box type in ‘Inns of Court”
g) From the Drop down menu select “Inns of Court – Victoria”
h) Select “Inns of Court Victoria Court (36 Credits) Jan.1 – December 31, 2023” or something similar as the name is undergoing a slight change
i) DO NOT TYPE IN THE NAME OF THIS COURSE WHEN APPLYING FOR CREDITS. YOU WILL NOT FIND IT. YOU DO NOT NEED THE NAME IN ORDER TO CLAIM YOUR 2 HOURS OF CREDIT
j) Under “Record your CPD hours” type ‘2’
k) Under “Completion Date” type in the date you took the course
l) Select the “Get Credit” Button
You must be a member of the VBA to attend this event. To become a member, see our registration page: https://vicbar.ca/membership-join/