July - August 2019 ~ Summer Replays
Law Society Classroom, 3rd Flr, 260 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg
These programs are replays of previously recorded live presentations offered in-person only in the Law Society Classroom. Lunch and refreshments are not included. Feel free to bring your own refreshments.
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WEEK 1 (July 22 - July 26)
Top 10 Things Every Lawyer Should Know - Criminal Law (also available Aug 7)
Retiring without Debt
Privacy Please: New Mandatory Breach Reporting Requirements under PIPEDA (also available Aug 7)
Procrastination and Professional Liability Insurance Claims (also available Aug 7)
Thursday, July 25, 2019
2018 Hot Topics in Real Estate (also available Aug 1)
You are Not Alone: The Lawyer’s Guide to Dealing with Anxiety
Friday, July 26, 2019
Valuations & Accounting Issues under the Family Property Act (FPA) (also available Aug 6)
Considering Cannabis: Reforms to Transportation Offences and Drug-Impaired Driving Offences
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WEEK 2 (July 29 - August 2)
Monday, July 29, 2019
Renouncing U.S. Citizenship - Why, How and What are the Consequences?
2018 Hot Topics in Tax (also available Aug 6)
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Tax 101 for Commercial Lawyers (also available Aug 8)
Family Trust Tips and Traps
Joint Tenancy in Manitoba
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Avoiding Cyber Dangers
Trust Safety Program: What You Need to Know
To Act or Not to Act: A Conflicts Primer and Review of the New Conflicts Rules
Dealing with Complaints to the Law Society - What Every Lawyer Needs to Know!
How to Budget for an Irregular Income
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Considering Cannabis: Cannabis Legalization and Impacts in the Workplace
2018 Hot Topics in Real Estate (also available July 25) ________________________________________________________________
WEEK 3 (August 5 - August 9)
Tuesday, Aug 6, 2019
2018 Hot Topics in Tax (also available July 29)
Valuations & Accounting Issues under the Family Property Act (FPA) (also available July 26)
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2019
Privacy Please: New Mandatory Breach Reporting Requirements under PIPEDA (also available July 24)
Procrastination and Professional Liability Insurance Claims
Managing Clients: Client Management - Do or Die
Top 10 Things Every Lawyer Should Know - Criminal Law (also available July 24)
The Truth about Credit
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Top 10 Things Every Lawyer Should Know - Criminal Law (also available Aug 7)
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Presenter: Saul Simmonds
~ 1 CPD hour including 0 EPPM hours
Retiring without Debt
Time: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
originally presented January 6, 2017
Planning for retirement should be a career long process. Unfortunately many of us feel like our financial situation makes retirement unlikely. This presentation will provide you with strategies to eliminate debts on your way to retirement. It’s never too early or too late to improve your retirement plan.
Privacy Please: New Mandatory Breach Reporting Requirements under PIPEDA (also available Aug 7)
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
originally presented March 2019
Procrastination and Professional Liability Insurance Claims (also available Aug 7)
Time: 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
originally presented February 2019
2018 Hot Topics in Real Estate (also available Aug 1)
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
originally presented December 2018
You are Not Alone: The Lawyer’s Guide to Dealing with Anxiety
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
originally presented November 2016
This program has been tailored specifically for lawyers and will give you some basic information on what anxiety is and how it reveals itself. More importantly, you will learn about strategies to manage anxiety and what resources are available to help yourself and your colleagues.
Presenter: Kellie Williams, Public Education Coordinator, Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba
~ 1.5 CPD hours including 1.5 EPPM hours
Friday, July 26, 2019
Valuations & Accounting Issues under The Family Property Act (FPA): What Every Lawyer Needs to Know (also available Aug 6)
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
originally presented May 2018
Attend this session to learn how to be an "ace" at Accounting
hearings before the Master; how to get a proper valuation of a "cash
only" business; when you need a CBV and what it can cost; when
"commingling" turned out to be "NOT commingling"; or what's risky about
relying on a corporation's own accountant for the valuation and much more!
Presenters: Master Shayne Berthaudin, Norm Yusim and Al Martyszenko, CA, CFA, CBV
~ 3 CPD hours including 0.5 EPPM hours
Considering Cannabis: Reforms to Transportation Offences and Drug-Impaired Driving Offences
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
originally presented November 22, 2018
This program will focus primarily on the federal Bill C-46 amendments to the Criminal Code sections relating to drug-impaired driving, including what level of blood drug concentration (or drug and alcohol combined) constitutes impairment, how police will test for impairment and the penalties for drug-impaired drivers. The program will also touch upon changes to traffic-related provisions in provincial legislation under The Cannabis Harm Prevention Act.
Presenter: Sergeant Mark Hume, RCMP, Unit Commander - Manitoba West Traffic Services
~ 1.5 CPD hours including 0.5 EPPM hours
Monday, July 29, 2019
Renouncing U.S. Citizenship - Why, How and What are the Consequences?
originally presented October 11, 2018
This program will provide you with a thorough review of key considerations when advising clients contemplating whether to renounce their U.S. citizenship. You will learn to recognize the “red flags” for when to engage a specialist in U.S. cross-border tax considerations. You will also learn valuable information about the renunciation process itself and the consequences of renunciation, such as criminal inadmissibility cross border issues, etc.
Presenters: U.S. tax lawyer, Alexander Marino & Sofia Mirza
~ 2 CPD hours including 0 EPPM hours
2018 Hot Topics in Tax: Considerations for Your Practice Structure, Billing Practices and Income (also available Aug 6)
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
originally presented May 2018
As a diligent practitioner, you’re vigilant about potential tax
issues when advising clients on their legal matters. However, are you
also taking the time to think about tax issues relating to your legal
practice structure, billing practices, income and pension? Please join us for this program focused on important tax issues that you need to consider in order to comply with legislative and ethical requirements
Presenters: Johanna Caithness, Greg Gillis, Brian Janzen, John Jeninga and chaired by Cy Fien
~ 3 CPD hours including 1 EPPM hour
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Tax 101 for Commercial Lawyers (also available on Aug 8)
Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
originally presented May 2018
If you have a general commercial practice, you know that tax issues will inevitably arise on your client files. Often you are aware of the issue or have encountered it before and you are prepared to deal with it. However, what about those instances where, as the saying goes, “you don’t know what you don’t know”? This “Tax 101” program intended for practitioners who wish to gain a better understanding of various tax issues that arise in general commercial practice or young practitioners who are starting out in commercial practice.
Presenter: Johanna Caithness
~ 1.5 CPD hours including 0 EPPM hours
Family Trust Tips and Traps
Time: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
originally presented October 2016
This program will focus on common issues and problems that arise in
the context of the drafting and use of family trusts. It will include
discussion of trust law and tax law issues, including issues concerning
identity of settlors and trustees, rules with respect to distribution of
property to beneficiaries, corporate association
rules and planning for the 21-year deemed disposition rule.
Presenter: Johanna C.C. Caithness
~ 1 CPD hour including 0 EPPM hours
Joint Tenancy in Manitoba
Attention family and estates practitioners…this presentation will provide you with a helpful overview of joint tenancy and highlight considerations you should keep in mind whenever a joint tenancy arises in your practice.
Presenter: Russell Davidson
~ 1 CPD hour including 0 EPPM hours
Avoiding Cyber Dangers
originally presented February 2017
The objectives of this presentation are to help you learn to identify and understand your firm's potential cybercrime vulnerabilities, and what steps to take to reduce your exposure to cyber-related dangers. Lawyers, law firm office managers and support staff are ALL encouraged to attend this program.
Presenter: Dan Pinnington, Vice President, Claims Prevention and Stakeholder Relations
LAWPRO (Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company)
~ 1 CPD hour, including 1 EPPM hour
Trust Safety Program: What You Need to Know
Time: 10:15 am - 11:15 am
originally presented January 2019
The Trust Safety Program ushers in a proactive approach to the regulation of trust accounts and comes into effect on April 1, 2019. This is an introduction to the program. You will learn the reasons for the program, the basic framework of the program, who is affected, deadlines and appeal rights. The presenters answer frequently asked questions plus questions posed by attendees.
Presenters: Kristin Dangerfield, Leah Kosokowsky & Kathy Levacque
~ 1 CPD hour, including 1 EPPM hour
To Act or Not to Act: A Conflicts Primer and Review of the New Conflicts Rules
originally presented September 2016
This informative session will include a review of the new Conflicts Rules in the Code of Professional Conduct, as well as a discussion of some of the fundamental principles related to conflicts of interest. You will work through scenarios that will help you answer the following questions:
• When, if ever, should I accept a retainer that involves more than one client?
• Do I know the risks involved if I do?
• When a problem arises, do I really know what to do?
Presenters: Noelia Bernardo & Darcia Senft
~ 1 CPD hour, including 1 EPPM hour
Dealing with Complaints to the Law Society - What Every Lawyer Needs to Know!
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Chances are that someone will submit a complaint against you at some point in your career - that’s an unfortunate reality. Be sure you’re prepared to handle this often heart-stopping turn of events with grace and professionalism. Taking the right steps from the beginning can make a significant difference in how, or even if, a complaint proceeds.
Presenters: Leah Kosokowsky & Richard Porcher
~ 1 CPD hour, including 1 EPPM hour
How to Budget for an Irregular Income
originally presented April 2016
Most of us haven’t had any formal education on how to manage budgets, yet it is an extremely important skill. Budgeting can be challenging at the best of times but it is even harder when your income is irregular. Attend this presentation to learn how to budget around fluctuating income (and expenses for that matter). Practical tips and strategies will help you find the system that can work for you.
Presenter: Tim St. Vincent, Credit Counselling Society
~ 1 CPD hour, including 1 EPPM hour
Thursday, Aug 1, 2019
Considering Cannabis: Cannabis Legalization and Impacts in the Workplace
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
originally presented January 2019
The program will explore key issues from an employment perspective particularly with respect to the need for workplace policies that address the use of recreational cannabis both on and off-duty, fitness for work, impairment and the designation of safety sensitive positions. A refresher will also be provided on medical cannabis and relevant employer considerations such as the duty to accommodate and health benefits plan coverage.
Presenter: Tracey L. Epp
~ 1.5 CPD hours including 0 EPPM hours
2018 Hot Topics in Real Estate (also available July 25)
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
originally presented December 2018
2018 Hot Topics in Tax: Considerations for Your Practice Structure, Billing Practices and Income (also available July 29)
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
originally presented May 2018
As a diligent practitioner, you’re vigilant about potential tax
issues when advising clients on their legal matters. However, are you
also taking the time to think about tax issues relating to your legal
practice structure, billing practices, income and pension? Please join
us for this program focused on important tax issues that you need to
consider in order to comply with legislative and ethical requirements
Presenters: Johanna Caithness, Greg Gillis, Brian Janzen, John Jeninga and chaired by Cy Fien
~ 3 CPD hours including 1 EPPM hour
Valuations & Accounting Issues under The Family Property Act (FPA): What Every Lawyer Needs to Know (also available July 26)
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
originally presented May 2018
Attend this session to learn how to be an "ace" at Accounting
hearings before the Master; how to get a proper valuation of a "cash
only" business; when you need a CBV and what it can cost; when
"commingling" turned out to be "NOT commingling"; or what's risky about
relying on a corporation's own accountant for the valuation and much more!
Presenters: Master Shayne Berthaudin, Norm Yusim and Al Martyszenko, CA, CFA, CBV
~ 3 CPD hours including 0.5 EPPM hours
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2019
Privacy Please: New Mandatory Breach Reporting Requirements under PIPEDA (also available July 24)
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
originally presented March 2019
Procrastination and Professional Liability Insurance Claims (also available July 24)
Time: 10:15 am - 11:15 am
originally presented February 2019
Managing Clients: Client Management - Do or Die
originally presented May 2012
Presenters: Bjorn Christianson & Greg Evans
Top 10 Things Every Lawyer Should Know - Criminal Law (also available July 24)
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Presenter: Saul Simmonds
~ 1 CPD hour including 0 EPPM hours
The Truth about Credit
Time: 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
originally presented October 2016
Credit cards are powerful tools but they can have a negative impact on your financial status if you let them. Beyond basic budget management it is useful to understand how credit cards impact your credit rating and how that credit rating can impact you. Attend this presentation to learn about:
• Credit reports vs credit scores
• How to access your credit rating
• What impacts your rating; and
• How you can maintain or repair your rating
Presenter: Tim St. Vincent, Credit Counselling Society
~ 1 CPD hour including 1 EPPM hour
Estate Litigation and Administration
Time: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
originally presented March 2017
Experienced counsel will identify some common litigation issues that arise in estate matters and review how to prepare a passing of accounts. Hear from a Master in the Court of Queen’s Bench and Legal Counsel with the Public Guardian and Trustee on what they each look for when considering an application to pass accounts.
Presenters: Master Shayne Berthaudin, John Poyser, Ken Mandzuik, Bryan Hyman and Nicole Hamilton
~ 3.5 CPD hours including 0.5 EPPM hours
Tax 101 for Commercial Lawyers (also available Aug 8)
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
originally presented May 2018
If you have a general commercial practice, you know that
tax issues will inevitably arise on your client files. Often you are
aware of the issue or have encountered it before and you are prepared to
deal with it. However, what about those instances where, as the saying
goes, “you don’t know what you don’t know”? This “Tax 101” program
intended for practitioners who wish to gain a better understanding of
various tax issues that arise in general commercial practice or young
practitioners who are starting out in commercial practice.
Presenter: Johanna Caithness
~ 1.5 CPD hours including 0 EPPM hours
