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OC-PF-LRThis course will review how to effectively conduct legal research and apply it to the legal problem-solving process. It will take approximately two hours to complete.
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62627.01This paper provides practical tips that newer lawyers and students-at-law can employ and integrate in the early years of their litigation practice to ensure success as they grow in their legal career. The tips are intended to apply whether your litigation practice is before the courts of Alberta or before regulatory and administrative tribunals and boards. These materials were presented at LESA’s Practical Tips for a Successful Litigation Practice webinar on August 18, 2026.
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OC-62627Are you an articling student or new to the Alberta bar? This presentation explores practical strategies that can be utilized to navigate the complexities of litigation successfully. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on August 18, 2026. Total running time is 51 minutes.Choose license This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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OC-62593-6Want full control over the organization of your legal documents? In this presentation, you will learn how to: Use section breaks and determine which section breaks are relevant to legal documents; Establish complex page numbering schemes; Control headers and footers including how to set them up, make them consistent throughout the document, or make them different at certain points in the document; Set up, control, and manage columns as well as how to keep them from affecting your whole document; Change margins and orientation for the entire document, or for only part of the document. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on August 11, 2026. Total running time is 1 hour.Choose license This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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62580.01The roles and responsibilities carried out by legal support staff are integral to a successful law practice. This paper focuses on communication strategies that strengthen working relationships with lawyers and offer practical tips for using CanLII, including basic searches, filters, and MyCanLII features that help streamline case-pulling tasks. These materials were presented at LESA’s Effective Legal Support: Law Office Fundamentals webinar on May 13, 2026.
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OC-62593-5Want to master proper formatting techniques that keep your text aligned no matter what? In this presentation, learn how to: Set and manipulate tabs; Set up signature lines without using underscores or tables; Set and manipulate four types of indents and learn how they differ from tabs; Create clause libraries and learn how to insert clauses, phrases, signature blocks, acknowledgments, and other re-usable text into documents; Insert and customize tables; Add, manipulate, and format footnotes and endnotes. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on June 14, 2026. Total running time is 1 hour.Choose license This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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OC-62593-4Learn how to understand the differences between font, paragraph, and section formatting; Use the format painter; Insert symbols and create shortcut keys for the ones you use most; Add non-breaking spaces and hyphens as well as understand when they’re appropriate in legal documents; Modify paragraph alignment and line spacing and utilize automatic paragraph spacing; Automatically hold titles and paragraphs together on a page to avoid page breaks occurring in unwanted locations; Hold the lines of a paragraph (or footnote) together; Create better page breaks and avoid an unwanted blank page in the middle of a document. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on June 10, 2026. Total running time is 1 hour, 5 minutes.Choose license This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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62596.01Expert evidence plays an increasingly important role in modern civil litigation. In many disputes, the outcome may turn largely on the opinions offered by expert witnesses. This paper explores the governing framework for expert evidence, including the Mohan threshold requirements and the court’s gatekeeping role; common admissibility challenges such as relevance, necessity, qualifications, reliability, and independence. It also highlights practical strategies for raising objections efficiently in interlocutory settings and at trial, including when the challenge should be directed to admissibility versus weight. These materials are part of a collection presented at LESA’s Evidence Refresher program in Edmonton on April 23, 2026.
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62596.02The Alberta Rules of Court provide several mechanisms to facilitate efficient trial preparation and reduce the time and expense of proving facts. This paper explores the three key tools available to practitioners including notice to admit facts, the agreed statement of facts, and the agreed book of exhibits. It also includes practical guidance for counsel working with these tools. These materials are part of a collection presented at LESA’s Evidence Refresher program in Edmonton on April 23, 2026.
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62596.03The default rule for the introduction of evidence at trial is that it must be given in person by a witness present in the courtroom, and available for cross-examination by parties adverse in interest to the party calling that witness. However, there are occasions where evidence can go in in an alternate manner. This paper discusses some of the exceptions allowed by the Alberta Rules of Court. These materials are part of a collection presented at LESA’s Evidence Refresher program in Edmonton on April 23, 2026.
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62596.04At its core, impeachment is a cross-examination tool that is meant to assist the adjudicator to discharge the fact-finding function and decide between competing versions of events. There are methods to be followed when impeaching a witness and legal and ethical restrictions on when and how a witness can be impeached. Instead of affecting the witness’s credibility, nothing is more effective at discrediting counsel’s credibility as attempting to impeach and failing to do so or attempting to do so in a manner that offends the rules or restrictions. This paper explores credibility and reliability, forms of impeachment, and limits on impeachment. These materials are part of a collection presented at LESA’s Evidence Refresher program in Edmonton on April 23, 2026.
