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SUMMARY:VBA Bowling Tournament
DESCRIPTION:Bowling Notice – 2022 \nPlease join us for the fifth annual Victoria Bar Association Bowling Night!  \n\nDate: May 12\, 2022\nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm \nWhere: Langford Lanes (Westhills Arena; 3 blocks past Rona)\, Private Bowling Lounge (Yes\, we get all 6 lanes to ourselves)\nCost: $40 per person/$160 per team (includes snacks\, lane\, shoes and even a ball!) \n\nJoin friends and colleagues on Thursday May 12 in this amazing space!! If you have a group of four lawyers/staff that you would like to bowl with\, please let us know. Otherwise we will be happy to assign you to a team. \nPrizes for:  \n\nTeam with top combined score over two games\nBest team costumes (costumes optional but most dress up!)\nBest team name\n\nMay 12 is coming up fast – sign up today so you don’t miss out – there are spots for only 12 teams!
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/vba-bowling-tournament/
LOCATION:Langford Lanes\, 1097 Langford Parkway\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V9B 0A5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Inns of Court Victoria - Successful Mediations
DESCRIPTION:The Inns of Court Victoria is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a 2-hour in person seminar on Successful Mediations. \nA successful mediation is often the best way to save your client stress and money\, preserve court resources\, and reduce your overall workload as a lawyer.  What makes for a successful mediation?  This panel\, composed of an experienced mediator\, defense\, and plaintiffs’ counsel will discuss techniques to making the most of an opportunity to mediate a dispute\, including: selecting the appropriate mediator for the issues\, the best timing for a mediation\, content of mediation briefs\, preparing and managing the client\, understanding the opposing party and their authority to settle\, pre- and inter-mediation negotiating strategies\, modes of mediation (ex. plenary or not\, virtual\, multi-day)\, optimizing the role of the mediator\, mediation agreements and minutes of settlement\, disbursements and bills of costs\, and avoiding post-mediation loose-ends. \nPanelists: \n\nLeslie Slater (mediator) – completed degrees in English\, psychology and law at UVic before joining Carfra Lawton LLP in 1987.  Leslie worked as a partner at Carfra Lawton for 30 years\, primarily in injury and insurance disputes\, before starting Slater Mediation Services in 2016.  Leslie now devotes her practice exclusively to conducting mediations\, when she is not golfing.\nDan McDonagh (defence counsel) – completed degrees in history and law UVic and was called to the Bar in 1991. The first 10 years of Dan’s practice was primarily in criminal defence and plaintiffs’ personal injury\, and in the last 21 years he has focused on personal injury defence as a partner with Hatter\, Thompson\, Shumka & McDonagh.  Aside from his well-honed mediation skills\, Dan is known for his relentless sense of humor.\nDarren Williams (plaintiff counsel) – completed degrees in psychology and law at UVic before being called to the Bar in 2001.  Darren has focused his practice for the last 20 years on estate\, injury and maritime disputes\, primarily representing plaintiffs. Darren is the founder and principal of League and Williams Lawyers in Victoria and is solely to blame for organizing this panel.\n\nProfessional Development Credits: This course offers up to 2 hours of Professional Development Credits (See “How to get PD Credit” below). \nWhen:  Wednesday\, May 25\, 2022 \nTime: Doors open at 4:30 in the afternoon. Check–in is between 4:30 and 5:00 sharp. DO NOT BE LATE. Buffet supper at 5:10pm. Program from 5:30 to 7:30. \nLocation: Sticky Wicket Pub\, Upstairs called the “Maple Room” \nCost: The cost of the event is $50.00 per person (includes buffet meal) paid to the “Victoria Bar Association” \nThere are two options to make payment: \n\nPay online through the Inns of Court event page at Vicbar.ca(click link)\nPay manually by sending a cheque to Anwar Mujtabah at:\n\nCrease Harman LLP\n800 – 1070 Douglas Street\nVictoria\, BC V8W 2C4\nPhone: 250-388-5421\, Ext. 114\nFax: 250.388.4294\nEmail: amujtabah@crease.com \nHow to get PD Credit \nTo get the 2 PD Credits\, this is the process after the event has completed: \n\nFind Law Society “Member Services”\nSelect “Member Portal” and enter your information\n‘Login’\nUnder “Education” select “Continuing Professional Development (CPD)”\nType 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)\nIn the Course/Group Study box type in “Inns of Court”\nFrom the Drop down menu select “Inns of Court – Victoria”\nSelect “Inns of Court Victoria Court (36 Credits) Jan.1 – December 31\, 2022” or something similar as the name is undergoing a slight change.\nDO 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.\nUnder “Record your CPD hours” type ‘2’\nUnder “Completion Date” type in the date you took the course\nSelect the “Get Credit” Button
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/inns-of-court-victoria-successful-mediations/
LOCATION:The Sticky Wicket – Maple Room\, 919 Douglas St\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 2C2\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Anwar Mujtabah":MAILTO:amujtabah@crease.com
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