Wednesday, 27 January 2010
“The Coming Shape of Legal Practice and Culture”
The CoRe Conflict Resolution Society and the CoRe Clinic are pleased to announce the launch of the CoRe Speaker Series with the following special event.
M. Jerry McHale Q.C. will launch the 2010 CoRe Clinic Speaker Series on January 27 with his talk “The Coming Shape of Legal Practice and Culture”
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Place: Singleton Urquhart LLP: 1200 – 925 West Georgia Street
Light refreshments will be available.
Powerful forces (both internal and external to the legal system) are reshaping the role of lawyers, the function of legal institutions and the basic values of legal culture. This talk will explore how factors ranging from the affordability of civil process to globalism are changing our thinking about both substantive and procedural law, and how lawyers are bringing new strategies and new skills to bear on legal problems.
M. Jerry McHale, Q.C. has been the Acting Deputy Attorney General since October 2009. Prior to that he was the Assistant Deputy Minister, Justice Services Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General where he was responsible for dispute resolution programs as well as for family law programs, legal aid and civil policy and legislation. He is responsible for a number of mediation initiatives such as the Notice to Mediate and the Child Protection Mediation Program.
Prior to joining government he was in private practice as a barrister and solicitor and mediator from 1979 to 1991. Jerry has taught alternate dispute resolution at the University of Victoria and for the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. In 2000 he received the John Tait Award for Excellence in Public Sector Law from the Canadian Bar Association, and in 2009 he received the Georges A Goyer, QC Memorial Award for Distinguished Service.
Attendance at the speaker series is free for CoRe members, $15 for others. Pay by cheque or with exact change at the door.
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For more information about Core, visit www.coreclinic.ca.
Thank you to Singleton Urquhart LLP, sponsors of the CoRe Speaker Series.