The Inns of Court Victoria is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a 2-hour Zoom webinar on Lawyers assisting Lawyers who have on February 23, 2022.
We will have two panelists for this webinar:
- David W. Hay, Q.C. from Richards Buell Sutton LLP, and
- Derek LaCroix, QC, of the Lawyer Assistance Program of British Columbia.
Topic:
Both of Mr. Hay and Mr. LaCroix will be speaking on topics regarding the Lawyer’s Assistance Program and about the funding offered by the Benevolent Fund.
Professional Development Credits: This course offers up to 2 hours of Professional Development Credits (See “How to get PD Credit” below).
When: Wednesday, February 23, 2022, via Zoom Conferencing
Time: 4:30pm
Where: At your location, provided you have internet access
Cost: The cost of the event is $15.00 per person paid to the “Victoria Bar Association”
There are two options to make payment:
- Pay online through the Inns of Court event page at www.Vicbar.ca (click link)
- 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:
- Find Law Society “Member Services”
- Select “Member Portal” and enter your information
- ‘Login’
- Under “Education” select “Continuing Professional Development (CPD)”
- 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)
- In the Course/Group Study box type in ‘Inns of Court”
- From the Drop down menu select “Inns of Court – Victoria”
- Select “Inns of Court Victoria Court (36 Credits) Jan.1 – December 31, 2022” or something similar as the name is undergoing a slight change.
- 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.
- Under “Record your CPD hours” type ‘2’
- Under “Completion Date” type in the date you took the course
- Select the “Get Credit” Button