Closing Submissions—It Ain't Over Till It's Over 2024

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Bring all your elements of advocacy together to finish strong!

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Summer Series 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Thursday, July 25, 2024

Last Kick at the Can Series 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024

(Original webinar date: April 24, 2024)

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Who should attend: Litigation counsel, both criminal and civil

Learning level: Fundamental/Intermediate

Although constructing closing submissions in civil litigation, criminal litigation, and tribunal proceedings begins with sitting in front of a computer and typing, the process itself requires a fusion of necessary skills that includes narration of relevant evidence, reviewing and critiquing expert evidence, underlining witness credibility, and interpreting and applying statutes and case law.

Regardless of whether you are presenting closing submissions orally or in written form, an effective advocate must lay a logical and ethical pathway that will lead the court to the decision being sought by your client.

Join CLEBC's team of judges and leading counsel for an intensive day of learning. This pragmatic and practice-focused program will help you elevate your effectiveness as trial counsel.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 5.5 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley
Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

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Rebroadcast Articled Student	$249

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CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Raymond Lee
rlee@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chairs
Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley
Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

About the Course Chairs
Anne Berrie was called to the bar in 1993 and worked as a general practitioner. After taking time off to raise her son and earn a Masters Degree in Criminology from SFU, Anne returned to practice law exclusively in the area of family law. Anne believes in an empathy driven approach to her work and is dedicated to helping parents and families in need who cannot afford private counsel. Anne has conducted numerous trials in provincial and supreme court.

Andrea Jones was called to the BC bar in 1993. Prior to that, she was a paramedic for 13 years.

Andrea practised at a small boutique law firm for her entire career and as partner since 2000, primarily in the area of personal injury insurance defence.

As of 2023, she now practices as a sole practitioner on a part-time basis doing occupiers' liability cases and assisting with plaintiff personal injury cases.

Andrea is a former chair of the Lawyers Assistance Program and is currently on the CBA National Sub-Committee on Well-Being, is a member at large on the executive of the CBABC Senior Counsel Committee, and is a mentor under multiple programs through the CBA.

Andrea has been a member of the provincial government's Drug Benefit Council for three years and has served on multiple other Boards throughout her career.

Faculty
Judge Jeffrey T. Campbell — Provincial Court of BC, Vancouver
Justice David Masuhara — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Andrew Crabtree — Crabtree Law, West Vancouver
Cassandra E. Drake — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver
Richard C.C. Peck, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver
Thomas L. Spraggs — Spraggs & Co. Law Corporation, Coquitlam

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Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:15)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver

Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley
Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

Closing Submissions in Criminal Trials (9:15 – 10:10)

Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley

Richard C.C. Peck, KC — Peck and Company, Vancouver

BREAK (10:10 – 10:15)

Closing Submissions in Provincial Court: Small Claims, Family, and Criminal (10:15 – 11:10)

Moderator: Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley

Judge Jeffrey T. Campbell — Provincial Court of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (11:10 – 11:20)

Closing Submissions in Family Law Trials (11:20 – 12:15)

Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley

Cassandra E. Drake — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH (12:15 – 1:15)

View from the Bench: What Do Judges Need from Counsel? and Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Considerations (1:15 – 2:10)

Justice David Masuhara — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

BREAK (2:10 – 2:15)

Closing Submissions in Civil Litigation (2:15 – 3:00)

Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

Thomas L. Spraggs — Spraggs & Co. Law Corporation, Coquitlam

BREAK (3:00 – 3:05)

Closing Submissions in Civil and Corporate Commercial Litigation (3:05 – 3:40)

Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

Andrew Crabtree — Crabtree Law, West Vancouver

BREAK (3:40 – 3:45)

Closing Remarks (3:45 – 4:00)

Anne Berrie — Dowting Law, Langley
Andrea Jones — Barrister & Solicitor, Richmond

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