Professional Development Course:
Drafting F8 Financial Statement Affidavits
with an Access to Justice Lens (ACS F8)
Faculty:
Taruna Arora counsel Carla Lewis Law Corporation
Dom Bautista Law Courts Center
Yvonne Choi Harris and Company
Master Sandra Dick Supreme Court of BC
Nancy Merrill, QC, counsel Merrill Long and Company
Jennifer Muller, Self-represented Litigant
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Description:
The lack of proper financial disclosure in family law proceedings has been referred to by the Supreme Court of British Columbia as a “cancer”. Learn how to properly complete a Financial Statement for your clients as well as some tips for addressing issues that typically arise with financial disclosure (or lack of it). Naturally we will apply the access to justice lens.
Amici Curiae has expanded its pool of volunteers to include law firm accountants, this free seminar has been designed specially for them.
Who should go:
a. law firm accountants;
b. new to family law ; or
c. for non-family lawyers and staff.
Agenda
9:00 Dom Bautista Opening remarks
9:15 Nancy Merrill, QC Loves Labours Lost
9:45 Master Sandra Dick A View from the Bench: Affidavits 101
10:45 Q/A
11:00 break
11:15 Taruna Arora Poverty Law Case Studies
11:45 Yvonne Choi How Amici Curiae Operates
12:45 Jennifer Muller How Limited Scope Pro Bono Services Can Improve A2J
1:15 Dom Bautista Ending remarks
1:30 Good byes
CPD: 4 hours including 1 hour in client relations, ethics and professional responsibility.
Seating is limited to 24!
Fee:
Amici Curiae Volunteers and Partner Rate: $0 CAD
Single Seat Rate: $315.00 CAD
Webinar Single Seat License: $315.00 CAD
(View cancellation policy)
For more information contact:
In Vancouver: 604.685.2727
