CLE Update
Advocacy Conference: Vancouver, November 15 and 16, 2001
Spend two days with more than 60 of the most accomplished litigators from BC and Canada. This conference is a unique opportunity to polish skills and hear valuable advice from a rare gathering of some of the best advocates. Featured speakers include former Chief Justice of BC, Allan McEachern, The Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci of the Supreme Court of Canada, The Honourable Geoff Plant, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations for BC, Edward Greenspan, QC, and Christopher Evans, QC.

In conjunction with the Advocacy Conference, a workshop on Search and Seizure Law will be held on Saturday, November 17. The course will be co-presented by CLE and Osgoode Hall Law School. It will include a videotaped portion of a course held in Toronto on November 3, and live instruction from members of the Ontario and BC Bars.

For information on CLE courses and publications, visit www.cle.bc.ca or call 1.800.663.0437 or 604.893.2162.

Web Site Development
CLE has recently launched a free email service to disseminate the latest news and developments that affect the BC legal profession. The service is posted bi-weekly, and can be customized to one or any of the following areas of practice: Business Law, Family Law, Litigation, Real Estate, and Wills, Estates and Trusts. Each issue will feature news and analysis, legal community updates, and the latest course and publication offerings. To sign up or see details, visit www.cle.bc.ca.

2001/2002 Executive Committee
The following people will serve as the 2001/2002 CLE Executive Committee:

• Chair, Ronald J Smith, Smith Peacock, Kelowna
• Vice-Chair, Charles G Stein, Ratcliffe & Company, North Vancouver
• Secretary, Jack J Huberman QC, CLE Society of BC, Vancouver
• Treasurer, Robert A Kasting, Stewart Aulinger & Company, Vancouver
• Members at Large, William K McNaughton, Borden Ladner Gervais, Vancouver; and James D Baird, Burnaby
• Past Chair, Margaret Sasges, Berge, Sasges & Hart, Victoria

The Law Foundation of British Columbia
Graduate Fellowships 2002/2003
The Law Foundation of BC awards up to four graduate fellowships of $13,750 each on an annual basis. The next deadline for applications is Monday, January 7, 2002 for the 2002/2003 academic year.

To be eligible, an applicant must be pursuing full-time graduate studies in law or a law-related area at a recognized university in Canada, the United States, or abroad. Applicants must be residents of British Columbia, or graduates of a BC law school, or members of the BC Bar. The Law Foundation Graduate Fellowship is not available for the graduate program at UBC as the Law Foundation makes a separate grant to this program.

To obtain an application form, please contact the Law Foundation at 1340 - 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3 or call 604.688.2337 or email lfbc@telus.net or visit www.lawfoundationbc.org.


Supreme Court of British Columbia
Notice to the Profession
Distribution of Reserved Written Reasons for Judgement by Email
Effective September 10, 2001, reserved Reasons for Judgement released by the Supreme Court Registry in Vancouver are available by e-mail. This option may not be available if the presiding Judge normally sits outside of Vancouver. When counsel or a party is notified that the Judgment has been released, he or she will be given the option of receiving the Judgment via email. Those wishing to receive the Judgment in this format must email their request stating the name of the Judge, the action number, the style of cause and the date of the Judgement.

For the complete Notice to the Profession, dated September 5, 2001, visit www.cba.org/BC.

These articles were published in the October 2001 issue of BarTalk. © 2001 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.