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October 2011 FACL 2011 Fall Conference AND Banquet - November 12, 2011 REGISTER ONLINE NOW! Register ONLINE at Fall-Conference 2011 This year's conference will be held on November 12, 2011, at Osgoode Professional Development Centre,1 Dundas St. W, 26th Floor. FACL’s Annual Conference offers our members a terrific professional development opportunity. This year’s conference promises to be packed with speaker addresses and engaging panel discussions on today’s hot-button topics, including social media and privacy law; media and entertainment law; effective mediation strategies; criminal and constitutional updates; family law updates; surviving articling; sole practitioner essentials; and progression in legal practice. Albert Wong and Anil Kapoor will be our featured speakers. It will be a full-day event, followed by a post-conference banquet dinner. Register before November 4, 2011 to get the early bird rates. Early Bird Fees Until November 4, 2011: $60 Member, including renewal of membership for 2011-2012; $70 Non-Member, including new membership; and $20 for Students, including student membership. After November 4, 2011: $75 Member; $85 Non-Member; and $30 for Students. Also sign up for the Post-Conference Banquet! It's a wonderful event held at the Pearl Harbourfront Chinese Restaurant at 207 Queens Quay West. The cost is $55 per person, or $45 for students and unwaged. RENEW YOUR FACL MEMBERSHIP NOW! The Annual General Meeting of the Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Legal Clinic is being held on September 21, 2011. The annual membership has changed and now runs from September 2011 to September 2012. We have worked hard to maintain membership fees which remain the same as last year. FACL is growing quickly and prospective members are encouraged to apply! Go to our Membership page to download the membership form, and submit to facl.ontario@facl.ca. ATTEND THE MONTHLY FACL “OMATSU” LUNCH! OCTOBER 19, 2011 Justice Omatsu has been hosting a monthly lunch with FACL lawyers at the Garden restaurant at 153 Dundas Street West from 1pm to 2pm. The informal lunches typically feature some 10-20 attendees and 1-2 speakers at each lunch. This month’s lunch is OCTOBER 19, 2011. FACL member Chia-yi Chua of McCarthys will speak on being a partner at a Bay Street firm TLA DIVERSITY SOIREE NOVEMBER 24, 2011! Plan to attend the Toronto Lawyers Association Diversity Soiree! Justice Harry LaForme will provide opening remarks. The event is held on November 24, 2011 at the Toronto Lawyers Association Lounge, 2nd floor, 361 University Avenue. Just $20, more information is enclosed in the flyer PRO-BONO LEGAL COUNSEL (CIVIL LITIGATOR) SOUGHT A Pro-bono legal counsel (civil litigator) is sought ASAP to take carriage of a possible landmark human rights case challenging the Canadian State Immunity Act on behalf of victims of torture now living in Toronto – for more information on the case, please contact Glenys Stevenson at glenyshstevenson@gmail.com. RYERSON UNIVERSITY SEEKS ASSISTANT VIE PRESIDENT EQUITY, DIVERSION AND INCLUSION
Ryerson has begun its search for a new Assistant Vice President Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Follow the link for a description of the search process and the job ad is embedded. Please pass on to anyone you think might be interested. The search is being conducted by executive search consultant.
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY SEEKS HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUITY ADVISOR
Posting Number : DPM11052 FACL Financial Seminar November 1, 2011 - FREE! PLEASE RSVP FACL invites you to a Financial Seminar held on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. See flyer. Please RSVP to FACL Treasurer Rosa Kang at rkang@bennettgastle.com. Understanding Pensions & Retirement Planning: Other Considerations
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Portfolio Manager & Investment Advisor Joyce Kiousis,
Free for FACL Members FACL, ACCLO and PBLO INITIATIVE - VOLUNTEER CHINESE LAWYERS NEEDED FACL and Association for Chinese Canadian Lawyers (ACCLO) are thrilled to announce their intention to partner with Pro Bono Law Ontario (PBLO) in hosting periodic summary advice clinics at PBLO’s court-based help centres known as Law Help Ontario (LHO). Each year, LHO serves thousands of low-income, self-represented litigants with civil, non-family matters in the Superior Court of Justice and Small Claims Court. We have learned from PBLO that, among its clients who speak English as a non-first language, Chinese speakers are the most common. We are eager to seize upon the opportunity to assist a number of self-represented litigants in our community who are obviousy struggling to navigate the civil justice system on their own. At this time, we ask that you contact us if you are interested in participating as a volunteer lawyer. Interested lawyers should be prepared to spend one full day providing brief summary advice at an LHO centre either at 393 University Avenue (Superior Court) or 47 Sheppard Avenue East (Small Claims Court). Those interested in vounteering at the Superior Court centre should be full-time civil litigators. Please indicate your interest in this project by emailing FACL VP Ian Hu at ihu@oatleyvigmond.com. Thank you for your support. |
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