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Upcoming STLA Spring Conference
April 6, 2021The Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association (STLA) is hosting an online spring conference on May 14, 2021. This conference qualifies for 7 CPD hours, which also qualifies for 2 Ethics hours (denoted by *). Click here to register.
Program Agenda:
9:00 – 10:30 am
HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY QUALIFY, EXAMINE IN CHIEF, & CROSS EXAMINE AN EXPERT
Alan G. McIntyre, Q.C., McKercher LLP (Regina, SK)
Reginald A. Watson, Q.C., Miller Thomson LLP (Regina, SK)
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
HEADS OF ECONOMIC LOSS AND LONG-TERM DAMAGES
Cara L. Brown, B.A. (Hons), M.A., Brown Economic Consulting Inc. (Edmonton, AB)
Terry J. Zakreski, Q.C., Stevenson Hood Thornton & Beaubier LLP (Saskatoon, SK)
12:00 – 12:30 pm – Lunch on Your Own
12:30 – 1:45 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS – LEGAL INNOVATION IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC *
The Rt. Hon. Justice Richard Wagner, P.C. Supreme Court of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
2:00 – 3:30 pm
DANGEROUS OFFENDER/LONG TERM OFFENDER HEARINGS
Dr. Shabehram Lorhasbe, MBBS, FRCPC (Victoria, BC)
Katharine L. Grier, Q.C., Saskatchewan Justice – Public Prosecutions (Saskatoon, SK)
Michael D. Nolin, Nolin & Company (Saskatoon, SK)
3:30 – 5:00 pm
PARENTAL ALIENATION IN FAMILY LAW *
Sherry Tucker, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW, Aspire Too (Saskatoon, SK)
James J. Vogel, Q.C., Nychuk & Company (Regina, SK)
Joanne C. Moser, Q.C., Nychuk & Company (Regina, SK)