I went to Launch Party last night for the first time, and it was quite well done. Being on the periphery of the local tech community, I didn’t know a ton of people. I did enjoy meeting up with and talking to some interesting people in the community who I know of but have never had the chance to meet in person. Someone said they recognized me from Twitter which was funny. Overall a fun night. Good job Danny & Maura …
Inspector Sullivan joined the West Vancouver Police Department in 2007 as the Inspector in charge of the new Administration Division after serving 17 ½ years with Vancouver Police Department. Prior to her policing career, she practiced law for 4 years with Shrum, Liddle and Hebenton (now McCarthy Tetrault).
Inspector Sullivan was an extremely engaging and interesting speaker who clearly loves what she does.
What a great potential replacement for the departing Chief Constable Kash Heed …
I read the Outliers today and can’t stop thinking about it. It has altered my thoughts about success and how to provide the best opportunities for our children.
While full of thought-provoking stories and sociological commentary, it is an easy read - I did it while juggling feeding the kids, on the stair master etc.
I also liked how the book ended where Gladwell tied his personal story to the content of the book.
This book has changed how I look at the world. Not a small thing for a Saturday read.
Author and legal futurist Richard Susskind has been named a special advisor to the Canadian Bar Association to provide services as a special adviser. In this role, he will introduce, through the CBA, a wealth of new and challenging ideas about the future of the legal profession in Canada.
Concurrent with the announcement of his new role with the CBA, Richard Susskind’s latest book The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Serviceswas released in Canada on Feb. 11 at a launch co-sponsored by the CBA and Oxford University Press.
The book is a sequel to his 1996 book The Future of Law and predicts significant new pressures on the legal marketplace and great change in the world of legal services. He suggests that the legal profession will be driven by two forces in the coming decade: a market pull towards the commoditization of legal services, and the pervasive development and uptake of new legal technologies. He foresees different law jobs emerging which may be highly rewarding, even if very different from those of today. And, he notes, this will ensure greater access to justice and legal insight for a greater number of people, independence of the legal profession, and protection of the rule of law.
I reluctantly admit I enjoy Tim Ferriss. Clearly such a total piece of work, but genuinely intelligent, charismatic and gifted nonetheless. Also, he has good tips.
His manner and spirit remind me a lot of Alex Garden.
Certainly the cast of characters at the typical CBA Wills & Estates Section meeting is decidedly more sedate. Now family lawyers, that’s a whole other story.
Not to downplay the terrible tragedy of the senseless loss of two young people, people who would have spent their lives giving back to their community.
We require an experienced wills and estates paralegal to join our team. This is a contractor position paying $30/hour, approximately 25 hours a week.
The paralegal will work from our offices in the Park Royal Village in West Vancouver.The position will involve running estate planning and probate files, in addition to maintaining corporate records.This position offers flex hours and days. We use PC Law, Time Matters and Worldox practice management programs and have VOIP phones.While software training will be provided, we do require someone who is comfortable working autonomously and in a high tech environment.
We are seeking a Junior Law Office Administrator and Bookkeeper. The full description and application instructions are as follows:
Hours & Pay Rate: Office hours in West Vancouver office, pay $30,000 to $35,000, depending on experience.
Bookkeeping: accounts receivables, customer invoicing, vendor management, online banking, bank deposits, accounts payable, cash flow maintenance, liaising with senior bookkeeper (who works one day a week), and filing.
Administrative: all administrative tasks including opening files, ordering supplies, filing, managing conflicts database, researching and documenting office procedures, maintaining lawyer continuing education records, oversight of website content and updates, and making occasional travel arrangements. Some personal assistant duties for principal of firm.
Requirements:
Experience using PC Law accounting system
Graduate of recognized legal administrative assistant program
Experience in law office administrative activities (legal secretarial, administrative assistant, law clerk, etc.) preferred
Candidates should be extremely organized and comfortable with managing diverse tasks simultaneously
Excellent written and verbal skills
Comfort working independently on projects, with oversight from lawyer
Ideal candidates will have a self-starter attitude and desire to grow to become a senior Law Office Manager
To Apply: Please email resume to Nicole Garton-Jones, nicole@bcheritagelaw.com, as soon as possible. References required after initial interviews. We seek to complete the selection process by Feb. 27, 2009.
About Heritage Law: We are a tech-savvy small law firm serving clients in the estates, family and mediation fields. Background on the firm and its staff may be reviewed at the firm’s website: http://www.bcheritagelaw.com
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