Black History Month 2025
This February, we honour Black History Month!
This year’s theme is “Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations.” Black History Month is a time to celebrate the diversity, resilience, and achievements of Black communities in Canada. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on Canada’s painful history and the systemic barriers, racism, and discrimination that Black Canadians continue to face.
As legal professionals in BC, let’s take this month to recognize the remarkable contributions of Black Canadians to our society and profession and commit to advancing equity, justice, and inclusion in our work and communities.
👉 Learn about some of the Black History Month events happening in BC over here: bcblackhistory.ca/black-history-month-202
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLeadership #EquityInLaw
Start the new year ahead of the curve! CLEBC’s Jump Start on CPD series is back from March 3 to 7, offering you the chance to earn your CPD credits early with ease.
Choose from a stellar lineup of rebroadcasts featuring some of our most popular courses, including:
⚖️ Human Rights Law Conference 2024
🏛️ Western Canada Class Actions Conference 2024
🔎 The New Money Judgment Enforcement Act: A Preview
🏠 Residential Real Estate Conference 2024
✨ How to Be a Great Litigation Junior
🌿 Aboriginal Law Conference 2024
Whether you’re at home, in the office, or on the go, these courses are just a click away. Early Bird pricing ends February 3—secure your spot now and start your CPD journey!
Sign up here: www.cle.bc.ca/jump-start-2025
⏳ The year-end CPD clock is ticking — make it count with Last Kick at the Can!
From Dec 2 to 20, catch rebroadcasts of CLEBC’s most popular programs from 2024. Whether you're at home, in the office, or on the go, it’s never been easier to earn those essential CPD credits.
Choose from quick one-hour sessions to in-depth full-day conferences, covering everything from Employment Law to Indigenous Legal Orders and even Animal Law.
Wrap up the year with top-notch learning tailored to your needs. Don’t miss this chance to finish strong!
📅 Secure your spot now: www.cle.bc.ca/lastkick2024/
🚀 Ready to lead in class actions litigation?
Join BC’s top legal professionals and industry experts at the Western Canada Class Actions Conference! With cross-jurisdictional cases on the rise, this is your chance to sharpen your skills and stay ahead of the curve.
📅 November 19 – choose to attend in Vancouver or online!
Key highlights:
⚖️ BC vs. Ontario Class Actions: Comparative Analysis
🌐 National Panel: Insights from across Canada
👨⚖️ Judges Panel: Featuring the Honourable Chief Justice Paul Crampton & Justice Ward K. Branch
Secure your spot now: https://bit.ly/3LBQ7Wn
CLEBC would like to thank Epiq and Verita for their generous support in sponsoring this event. A special thanks to Verita for sponsoring the conference lunch and to Epiq for hosting a post-conference reception.
#classactions #classactionslawyer #legaleducation
Feeling the year-end CPD crunch? Earn those crucial credits with our Last Kick at the Can rebroadcasts!
From December 2 to 20, enjoy rebroadcasts of our most sought-after courses from the past year. Access a full year’s worth of CLEBC programs from the comfort of your home, office, or wherever you are with just a click.
Choose from concise one-hour sessions, comprehensive full-day conferences, and everything in between to meet your CPD needs effortlessly.
Highlights include:
• Employment Law Conference 2024
• Indigenous Legal Orders Conference 2024
• Animal Law Express
• Family Law Basics for Paralegals and Legal Support Staff
End your year right — join us online for Last Kick at the Can!
Sign up here: www.cle.bc.ca/lastkick2024/
⛱️ Summer is right around the corner — and so is the Early Bird deadline for CLEBC’s Summer Series Rebroadcasts!
From July 15 to 26, we’re re-airing some of our most popular and high-demand courses from the past few months. But Monday, June 17, is your last chance to take advantage of our discounted Early Bird pricing.
Highlights include this year’s Employment Law Conference, Animal Law Express, Estate Litigation Basics, Tendering Update, and many more.
Don't miss this golden opportunity to learn from top legal experts in BC and advance your legal career!
Check out the complete course calendar and sign up today: https://bit.ly/3USllwN
🌈 Happy #PrideMonth! Join us in celebrating the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and their incredible journey. Shine bright, live proud, and make this June unforgettable! 💖
This month — and every month — is a time to honour the resilience, courage, and diversity of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Each individual’s story is a testament to the strength of living authentically and unapologetically. From the trailblazers of yesterday who fought for equal rights to the voices making waves today, we stand in awe of the progress made and the challenges yet to overcome.
Let's use this time to educate ourselves, support one another, and advocate for a world where everyone can express their true selves without fear or prejudice.
Next week we’re proud to present Adapt and Thrive: AI and the Future of Law — a course that will lay out everything legal professionals need to know about AI.
During this virtual session on Monday, April 22, technologist and lawyer Joshua Weaver will explain — in a very understandable way — what lawyers need to know about AI, how it can be used in law practice, what to watch out for, and what the future looks like for the practice of law with AI in it.
Join us and equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to leverage AI for innovative legal solutions and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving legal landscape.
Save your spot: https://bit.ly/42lSiVK
We hope to see you Monday!
Start the year off right by getting ahead with our Jump Start rebroadcast series and earn your CPD credits early in 2024!
Beginning next week, you can watch rebroadcasts of more than 20 of our most popular courses from last year. This is your golden opportunity to get a head start on your professional development journey.
Highlights include Human Rights Law Conference 2023, 14th Biennial Family Law Conference, Legal Research, Residential Real Estate Conference 2023, and Canadian Elder Law Conference 2023.
Rebroadcasts run March 4 to 8. Don’t delay, get your jump start today!
Browse all courses and sign up here: https://bit.ly/3Ug5YzI
#CPDtraining #legaleducation
Dive deeper into the world of animal law with Animal Law Express!
Led by V. Victoria Shroff, KC, of Shroff Animal Law Vancouver, this fast-paced half-day webinar takes place next week, bringing together industry leaders to discuss the latest developments in 15- to 30-minute segments.
Explore topics like 'pet custody' in family law, crimes against animals, human rights implications, and Indigenous perspectives on wildlife law. And don't miss the insights from our featured speaker, the Honourable Attorney General Niki Sharma, KC.
Join us on Thursday, February 29, for this enlightening journey! 🐾
🎟️ Save your spot: https://bit.ly/3GQHV2m
#animallaw #petcustody #CPDtraining #legaleducation
Looking to learn what the future of AI means for lawyers? Be sure to register for our upcoming program Adapt and Thrive: AI and the Future of Law!
For an idea of what to expect from this April 22 session, our course instructor, lawyer/ technologist Joshua Weaver, recently shared his top 3 generative AI tools for the solo lawyer.
Here’s what Joshua suggests:
1. $20/month ChatGPT 4 subscription (there is a BIG jump in intelligence and reasoning between the free 3.5 model and the paid 4 model) then immediately spend some time learning how to create custom GPTs. For now, GPTs are mostly useful for internal processes, but their uses are wide-ranging. Essentially, you can train a GPT to do a specific kind of work and give it knowledge specific to those tasks, then anytime you need it, you can use that tool and it's already learned what you want it to do.
2. Perplexity.ai, the free version is great but here, too, if you pay for the sub you get access to a better model. This service replaces google with more thoughtful answers, you can have a conversation about things until you fully understand, and it's ad free! Set this as your default browser search engine and you'll get answers to things much faster.
You can create a marketing bot that plans and writes content specific to your firm, you can create an onboarding bot, that assists with intake and onboarding new clients, a legal argument bot that helps you test your theories of a case and what opposing counsel might say, and so on--the possibilities are mostly limited to your imagination, and for $20 to access these capabilities, it's a no brainer.
3. DALLE (built into ChatGPT) can do image generation quite well, but not as well as MidJourney. If you're needing to create marketing images and videos, using a combination of MidJourney and Runwayml will allow you to create stunning images and short videos in just about any style you need. There's a little bit of a learning curve to it, but it's also relatively fun a
Don't procrastinate on earning your CPD credits in 2024 — get a head start with our Jump Start rebroadcast series!
From March 4 to 8, you can watch rebroadcasts of more than 20 of our most popular courses from last year. This is your golden opportunity to get a head start on your professional development journey.
Early Bird pricing is available for all courses until Friday, February 5!
Highlights include Human Rights Law Conference 2023, the 14th Biennial Family Law Conference, Legal Research, Residential Real Estate Conference 2023, and Canadian Elder Law Conference 2023.
Don’t delay, get your jump start today!
Browse all courses and sign up here: https://bit.ly/3Ug5YzI
#CPDtraining #legaleducation
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