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SUMMARY:The VBA's 2024 Bowling Night
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for the VBA’s Annual Bowling Night on Friday\, May 3\, 2024. \n \n  \nDate: Friday\, May 3\, 2024 \nTime: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm \nLocation: Langford Lanes (Westhills Arena; 3 blocks past Rona)\, Private Bowling Lounge \nCost: $50 per person (includes lane\, shoes\, and a ball!); $200 per team (of four) \nStaff\, family\, and friends are welcome to join your team\, with the condition that at least one member is a VBA member. Alternatively\, if you don’t have a complete team\, we’re happy to group single players and smaller groups to form teams. \nPrizes will be given for: \n\nTeam with the highest combined score over two games\,\nBest team name\, and\nBest team costumes (though optional\, most teams dress up).\n\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY\, APRIL  26\, 2024 \nFor any queries\, please contact Andrew Kaban at andrew.kaban@gov.bc.ca.
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/the-vbas-2024-bowling-night/
LOCATION:Langford Lanes\, 1097 Langford Parkway\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V9B 0A5\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew Kaban":MAILTO:andrew.kaban@gov.bc.ca
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SUMMARY:Update on the Legal Professions Act
DESCRIPTION:NOTICE OF VICTORIA MEETING  \nMAY 27\, 2024 – WITH \nTHE LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESIDENT AND CEO \nThe Government of British Columbia has tabled Bill 21\, which will eliminate the Law Society.  The Law Society and many who are aware of the changes being enacted\, believe the current version of the legislation is not in the best interests of British Columbians and reflects a profound change in how a critical component of our democracy functions.  Lawyers must be independent of Government to effectively advocate for all those who government impacts. \nCome meet the Law Society President Jeevyn Dhaliwal K.C. and CEO Don Avison K.C. to discuss: \n\nWhat is the effect of eliminating the Law Society and replacing it with the Legal Professions Act?\nHow does Bill 21 fail to ensure that lawyers are independent of government?\nHow does Bill 21 fail to ensure that lawyers are self regulated?\nHow much will the fees and liability risks to lawyers increase?\nWhat is the Law Society planning in response if Bill 21 passes.\n\nA discussion on why litigation challenging this legislation appears inevitable.\n\n\n\nMeeting: \n\nMay 27\, 2024\n4 pm to 5:30 pm \nThe Union Club of British Columbia\n\nin the Begbie Lounge\n805 Gordon Street\, Victoria\, B.C\n\n\n(limited refreshments provided)\n\nAny questions please contact Lindsay LeBlanc K.C. or James A.S. Legh Benchers\, Victoria County. \nleblanc@coxtaylor.ca or legh@sll.ca
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/update-on-the-legal-professions-act/
LOCATION:Union Club\, 805 Gordon Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 1Z6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Inns of Court - Retiring as a Lawyer\, Part II: Investing Strategies
DESCRIPTION:In follow up to our Retirement on Trial Film Screening & Panel Discussion on March 27\, 2024\, the Inns of Court Victoria will be hosting a 2 hour in-person seminar on the topic of Investing Strategies for Retiring as a Lawyer. In the panel discussion at Retirement on Trial\, interest was expressed in a follow up session with on practical strategies for preparing\, as a lawyer\, for a good retirement\, including through investing. This seminar is organized in follow up to that event and interest in further learning on how to prepare to retire from a career as a lawyer. \nTheme: \nRetirement on Trial panel speaker F. Kenneth Walton\, K.C. (“Ken”)\, Pinder K. Cheema\, K.C.\, and Robyn Walle will conduct a seminar on self-directed stock investing as a method of funding your retirement. The seminar will be most beneficial to lawyers in their 30s and 40s who will not have a well-funded employer pension. This seminar will provide information that you are unlikely to find elsewhere. Topics include opening a self-directed account\, educating yourself on how the stock market works\, sources of information on stock selection\, their experience with the purchase and holding of US stocks\, dividends\, mutual funds\, and stock brokers. They have been successful in their own investing\, preparing themselves well for their own retirements. They are not seeking to manage your investments\, but are pleased to share their knowledge and experience to help you prepare for a good retirement. \nSpeakers: \nKen Walton has been a lawyer for more than 46 years. His areas of practice are wills and estates\, estate litigation\, Canada Pension Plan (CPP)\, and general litigation. From 2005 to 2008 Ken served as Chair of a Canada Pension Plan Review Tribunal to decide cases of entitlement to disability benefits\, CPP pension credit splitting\, and survivor’s benefits. Ken has authored several papers on CPP Disability Benefits for “The Verdict”\, a magazine for Trial Lawyers in BC\, and was a Continuing Legal Education speaker on the same. \nPinder Cheema has served as both a Crown counsel and private practitioner in BC since 1984. She is a life bencher of the Law Society of BC. She has served a number of organizations in the legal community\, including the Credentials Committee\, the Governance Committee\, Anti-Money Laundering Working Group\, Canadian Bar Association Women Rainmakers and South Asian Bar\, amongst many others. She has been a sessional lecturer\, mock trial judge\, and a principal to articled students. Pinder has been a stock investor since 1975\, and a self-directed investor since 2000. She is happy to share her knowledge and experience in this area. \nRobyn Walle is a Chartered Accountant and Principal with Baker Tilly Victoria. She assists owner-manager businesses with meeting their tax and accounting requirements. She oversees clients with audit or review requirements and provides personal\, estate\, and trust taxation services. Robyn serves on the board and has been appointed as a Treasurer of the Better Business Bureau in Victoria for several years. She brings her comprehensive knowledge on meeting tax and accounting requirements as they relate to investments and will provide valuable insight into recent changes in capital gains tax. \nContinuing Professional Development Credits: \n\nThis course offers up to 2 hours of Continuing Professional Development Credits (See “How to get CPD Credit” below).\n\nDate: \n\nWednesday\, May 29\, 2024\n\nTime: \n\nDoors open at 4:30pm.\nCheck–in is between 5:00pm and 5:30pm. Participants mingle and enjoy refreshments between when doors open.\nThe program begins at 5:30pm and ends at 7:30pm.\n\nLocation: \n\nThe Bent Mast\n\nCost: \n\nThe cost of the event is $55.00 per person (includes dinner).\n\nHow to make your payment: \n\nPay online through this page if possible\nIf that is not possible\, pay manually by cheque (paid to the “Victoria Bar Association”) by bringing it to Jacquie Miller at the event or mailing it in advance of the event to Jacquie Miller at:\n\nSequoia Legal LLP\n200 – 736 Broughton Street\nVictoria\, BC V8W 1E1\nEmail: jacquelyn@sequoialegal.ca\nPhone: 250-419-8288\n\n\n\nHow to get CPD Credit: \n\nTo get the 2 CPD Credits\, this is the process after the event has been completed:\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\, 2024” 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\n\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-retiring-as-a-lawyer-part-ii-investing-strategies/
LOCATION:The Bent Mast\, 512 Simcoe St\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 1L8\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Jacquie Miller":MAILTO:jmiller@crease.com
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SUMMARY:Judy Jones' Retirement Party
DESCRIPTION:After an impressive 20 years of dedicated service\, Judy Jones\, beloved program administrator at The Law Centre\, is retiring. To celebrate Judy in true style\, she has requested a “Roast and Toast”! It’s our chance to share hilarious anecdotes\, heartwarming memories\, and raise a toast to the remarkable woman who has been our work mom and the bulwark of our organization for two decades. \n  \nAs Judy embarks on her retirement\, we want to ensure she begins this new chapter with a bang. In lieu of individual gifts\, we kindly request contributions towards a monetary retirement gift. This gift will allow Judy to go on an exciting and relaxing trip\, creating lasting memories to kick off her well-deserved retirement. Gift contributions can be sent by e-transfer to caileigh.owen@thelawcentre.ca. \n  \nPlease RSVP by May 15\, 2024\, to ensure we can properly accommodate all attendees and organize the gift accordingly.
URL:https://vicbar.ca/event/judy-jones-retirement-party/
LOCATION:The Law Centre\, 225-850 Burdett Avenue\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, Canada
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