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SUMMARY:Victoria Bar Association - Curling Bonspiel 2023
DESCRIPTION:Victoria Bar Association – Curling Bonspiel 2023 \n  \nBEGINNERS WELCOME – SINGLE PLAYERS WELCOME – COSTUMES WELCOME \n  \nDate: Saturday\, March 4\, 2023 \nTime:  \n12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m – Curling \n3:30 p.m. – 5:30pm –  Post-Bonspiel Social and Award Ceremony at Spinnaker’s Brewpub \nWhere: Archie Browning Sports Centre \nHow Much: $200.00 per team of four \n  \nJoin friends and colleagues on March 4 for a day of exercise and fun and a chance to win prizes!  Staff and families are welcome.  Brooms will be provided so just bring your warm clothes and your smile. \n  \nPlease pay registration fee (via Paypal) on the Victoria Bar Association Events page and email your team name and roster to Andrew Kaban (andrew.kaban@gov.bc.ca). \n  \nWe will try to match up anyone who does not have a full team of four but still wants to come out and play (please contact Andrew Kaban for details). \n  \nPlease contact Andrew Kaban if you have any questions. \n  \n*Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable\, and that you must be a member of the Victoria Bar Association to participate in the event.
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/victoria-bar-association-curling-bonspiel-2023/
LOCATION:Archie Browning Sports Centre\, 1151 Esquimalt Rd\, Victoria\, BC\, V9A 3N6\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew Kaban":MAILTO:andrew.kaban@gov.bc.ca
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SUMMARY:Bencher Discussion re: LSBC Motion on Licensed Paralegals
DESCRIPTION:On March 3\, 2023\, the Law Society of BC released the agenda for the next Bencher meeting on March 10\, 2023. The agenda contains a motion of considerable significance: asking government to bring into force the licensed paralegal amendments to the Legal Professions Act: \n\nBe It Resolved That:\n\n\nthe Law Society request that the licensed paralegal amendments to the Legal Profession Act and the related transitional provisions in Bill 57 – 2018 Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act\, 2018 be brought into force; and\nin anticipation of the amendments being brought into force\, the Executive Director is directed to take the necessary steps to provide for the licensing of paralegals\, including the development of processes and procedures and proposing to the Benchers any required changes to the Law Society Rules consistent with the authority provided in the amendments once granted.\n\nYour Victoria County Benchers\, Lindsay Leblanc and Paul Pearson\, want to report in about the motion\, express our current views on it\, and receive feedback from the Victoria Bar. \nPlease join us in person at the courthouse Barristers’ Lounge Wednesday\, March 8 at 12:00-1:00 PM\, 5th floor\, 850 Burdett Street to discuss. \nTo attend electronically please email paul.pearson@gov.bc.ca with the subject line “Meeting link”.
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/bencher-discussion-re-lsbc-motion-on-licensed-paralegals/
LOCATION:Barristers’ Lounge\, 5th Floor\, 850 Burdett Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W1B4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Inns of Court - Tips and Tricks for Building a Resilient Legal Career (March 29\, 2023)
DESCRIPTION: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”. \nPanelists: \nDel Friday (she/her) serves as the Legal Community Liaison & Educator at the Courthouse Library. \nMs. 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. \nClare Asquith Finegan (she/her) serves as the Librarian for the New Westminster Courthouse Library. \nMs. 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. \nTopic: \nThe panelists will be discussing about Tips and Tricks for Building a Resilient Legal Career. \nIn 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. \nHow can you prepare your career for the next threat? \nDuring 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. \nProfessional Development Credits: This course offers up to 2 hours of Professional Development Credits (See “How to get PD Credit” below). \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 29\, 2023 \nTime: Doors open at 4:30pm in the afternoon. Check–in is between 4:30pm and 5:00pm.\nFood and beverage will be available at 5:00pm. The program begins at 5:30pm and ends at 7:30pm. \nLocation: Barrister’s Lounge at the Victoria Law Courts – 850 Burdett Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1B4 \nCost: The cost of the event is $35.00 per person (includes food and beverage) paid to the “Victoria Bar Association” \nThere are two options to make payment: \n1. Pay online through the Inns of Court event page at www.Vicbar.ca (click link) \n2. Pay manually by sending a cheque to Anwar Mujtabah at:\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: \na) Find Law Society “Member Services” \nb) Select “Member Portal” and enter your information \nc) ‘Login’ \nd) Under “Education” select “Continuing Professional Development (CPD)” \ne) 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) \nf) In the Course/Group Study box type in ‘Inns of Court” \ng) From the Drop down menu select “Inns of Court – Victoria” \nh) Select “Inns of Court Victoria Court (36 Credits) Jan.1 – December 31\, 2023” or something similar as the name is undergoing a slight change \ni) 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 \nj) Under “Record your CPD hours” type ‘2’ \nk) Under “Completion Date” type in the date you took the course \nl) Select the “Get Credit” Button \nYou must be a member of the VBA to attend this event. To become a member\, see our registration page: https://vicbar.ca/membership-join/
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/inns-of-court-tips-and-tricks-for-building-a-resilient-legal-career-march-29-2023/
LOCATION:Barrister’s Lounge – Victoria Law Courts\, 850 Burdett Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1B4\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Anwar Mujtabah":MAILTO:amujtabah@crease.com
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SUMMARY:Battle of the Bar Bands
DESCRIPTION:Event Details \n  \nThe Battle of the Bar Bands will be held March 31\, 2023 at the Da Vinci Centre\, at 195 Bay St. Six local bands made up of local lawyers and law students will play their hearts out in front of a panel of real judges (one from the Supreme Court\, one from the Provincial Court and celebrity Judge\, Times Colonist columnist JACK KNOX). The best band will be awarded the coveted Battle of the Bar Bands Trophy!  As in years’ past\, there will also be a mini-competition where bands perform the music of a featured artist. This year’s featured artist is the Rolling Stones. \n  \nDoors open at 6pm. The Greek on the Street food truck will be right outside the front door with delicious Greek food throughout the event so plan on having dinner and snacks there. \n  \nThe first band starts playing at 7pm sharp! “Twist of Fate Cocktails” will be serving drinks until 11pm. \n  \nTickets \n  \nSponsorship Tables are available for $500: these come with 8 tickets and two bottles of wine for the table.  To purchase a sponsorship table\, please contact Tara McDonald at battleofthebarbands@gmail.com. \n  \nIndividual tickets may also be purchased for $35\, or $25 for students. Individual tickets can be purchased online through this page. \n  \nAll proceeds go to the CBA Benevolent Society. We look forward to seeing you there! \n  \n 
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/battle-of-the-bar-bands-2/
LOCATION:Da Vinci Centre\, 195 Bay Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V9A 3K4\, Canada
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