Category: News & Alerts
New CBABC Resource for Law Students
The Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch has released its inaugural issue of CBABC Law Student News. The online newsletter includes: News (upcoming CBABC mentorship receptions, Women Lawyers Forum, benefits of joining the CBA) Professional development & events listings (section meetings, Nanaimo Battle of the Bar Bands) Details… more »
Top Legal Social Media Influencers – BC Represents!
Big congratulations are in order to “The 24: Canada’s Top Legal Social Media Influencers“, as identified by Jordan Furlong and Warren Smith in the latest issue of Lawyers Weekly. The list includes both lawyers and non-lawyers in private practice: BC Law Watch sends particular kudos to the eight legal influencers… more »
Courthouse Libraries BC Introduces Practice Portals
Courthouse Libraries BC has just re-launched five practice-specific portals, which “gather news, links, and exclusive content by BC law bloggers related to your practice area.” Check out the new portals and the introductory blog posts below: Civil Litigation – blog foreword by Robert Holmes, of… more »
Fall 2011 Edition of Benchers Bulletin
The Fall 2011 edition of the Law Society of BC‘s Benchers’ Bulletin has been released. The issue’s theme is women and the profession; see: We’ve come a long way, baby … or have we? An update on women lawyers and the legal profession Milestones for BC… more »
BC Articling Students May Now Provide Some Legal Services
A new Law Society of BC rule permits articled students to provide some legal services to the public, provided that they are supervised by a lawyer. According to a post at Legal Feeds, Law Society president Gavin Hume says the rule change aimed to improve access to… more »
Distance Family Mediation Project In Full Swing
Nate Russell at the BC Courthouse Library blog The Stream draws our attention to the Distance Family Mediation Project from Mediate BC. Russell reports: “The program is] in full swing now and offering innovative delivery methods for mediation services using technology. The project is still looking for people… more »
BCLMA Topics – Summer 2011
The Summer 2011 issue of BCLMA‘s newsletter, Topics, is now available. Among the articles and features: D&D’s emergency plan, tested, tried and true — Connie Fenyo explains what happened when Dye & Durham’s disaster recovery and business continuity plan was put to the test How to… more »
BCCA Practice Directives & Notes to be Replaced
The BC Court of Appeal announced it would repeal current Practice Directives and Practice Notes and replace them with new and clearer ones, effective September 19, 2011. A few key changes: Practice Directives will be divided into three categories: Civil, Criminal, and Civil & Criminal Practice Notes will… more »
More on BC’s Overloaded Courts
Hat tip to the Trial Lawyers Association of BC @(tla_bc) for pointing us to a pair of articles on BC’s overloaded courts system:
Legal days could could double number of cases tossed (Vancouver Sun)
B.C. courts are in crisis, say critics (CBC)
BC Law Watch
BC Lawyer Statistics
As tweeted by @LawSocietyofBC, there’s a new page at the Law Society website devoted to statistics on the legal profession in BC. Stats cover: membership numbers geographical distribution areas of practice salary diversity (age, gender, years of practice) firm size pro bono work See all the details on… more »
BC Family Law Updates
Today we’ve got a few items on the family law front to share: “The Law Society of British Columbia has endorsed a set of behavioural guidelines for family law practitioners put forward in a report by the Family Law Task Force.” (Courthouse Libraries BC) Order in Council 191 amends the Supreme Court family rules and… more »
BC Registries Service Outage This Weekend
Dye & Durham reports that BC Registry Services will have a systems outage from 5pm this afternoon until the morning of Monday July 25. Upgrades to the system mean that the Name Requests Online, Corporate Online, OneStop Business Registry, and BC Registry Services products within BC OnLine and… more »
2011 PLTC Materials Available Online
As reported by Courthouse Libraries BC, the 2011 Professional Legal Training Course (PLTC) practice materials are now available online at the Law Society of BC website. Updated for 2011, barristers topics include Civil Litigation, Creditors Remedies, Criminal Procedure, and more »
Law Society Debuts Discipline Alerts
The Law Society of BC recently launched a new service, Discipline Alerts: regular notifications that remind lawyers to avoid behaviour that can lead to discipline. The first alert reminds lawyers that courtesy is the first step to avoiding complaints. Rude and uncivil behaviour is the number one… more »
Postal Strike Contingencies
Canada Post employees began strike action in Winnipeg a week ago, and since then the strike has rotated to cities throughout Canada, including Victoria and Vernon, BC. The strike will continue until a collective agreement is negotiated. Here are a few tips on how to manage if your practice is… more »
About Dye & Durham
Founded in 1874, Dye & Durham Corporation (D&D) has been a reliable purveyor of timely and accurate information for well over a century. With a staffing complement of 150 and 5 locations, we are also the largest, most comprehensive provider of legal support services in British Columbia… more »