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IN THIS ISSUE:

 
  1. Canada's Court - Season 4 Episode 2: R. v. McColman
  2. LAST FEW DAYS TO REGISTER! 50th Anniversary Fall Conference (November 18-19)
  3. New to the CLA and Practice in Ontario? Join now at 50% off!
  4. Group Benefits Program Webcast recording and Brochure
  5. Looking to hire? Looking for a new opportunity? Check out the CLA job board
  6. CLA Members Only
  7. Challenge Your Frame of Reference with Osgoode's LLM
Canada’s Court is the first podcast to highlight select oral hearings from The Supreme Court of Canada. Presented by the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and available on all major podcast platforms.
LISTEN HERE

LAST FEW DAYS TO REGISTER!

November 18-19 2022, Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON

The 50th annual Criminal Lawyers’ Association Fall Conference is now open for registration! This is a celebratory year!

The Annual Criminal Lawyers’ Association Fall Conference is Canada’s largest criminal law conference attracting more than 700 defence lawyers, judiciary, educators, reporters and other prominent guests from across Canada. Note, the Fall Conference is returning to an in-person format only. Recordings of presentations will be made available to all registrants by December 5.

CPD UPDATED: Increase in professionalism

  • 60 minutes of EDI
  • 1 hour 35 minutes of professionalism.
  • Substantive Hours: 7 hours and 20 minutes (if hours are not needed for EDI and/or professionalism they can be added to)

Plus:  Approved for LAWPRO’s Risk Management Credit. Participants who attend the full two days of the program can claim the Risk Management Credit twice. Those attending for one full day can claim once ($50).


REGISTER TODAY by going to 
https://members.criminallawyers.ca/event-4961624
 or call the CLA office with credit card information, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 416-214-9875,

  • Please note we do not offer a one-day rate.
  • There is no sharing of registrations.
  • Access to the Conference Virtual Hub will be emailed to all registrants at least 48 hours in advance to the email address provided when registering. Please be sure to monitor or spam/junk folders for materials. No sharing of materials is allowed as they are included with the registration fee. The CLA does not provide printed copies of the materials

Extra Options:

  • FREE to all registrants: CLA Friday Social, Friday, November 18, 6 to 8 p.m. Come and go as you please during the time period noted. We are making the social extra special this year as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary!
  • $35 plus HST: Saturday, November 19 Martin Medal Luncheon honouring The Honourable David Watt. Please note non-Conference registrants can purchase the luncheon tickets separately for $55 plus HST per person by clicking here.

We are grateful to our sponsors for all their support!

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REGISTER TODAY

New to the CLA and Practice in Ontario? Join now at 50% off!

Are you a member of the Law Society of Ontario with a significant portion of practice devoted to the defense of criminal charges or a lawyer who devotes a significant portion of their efforts to the interests of the defense bar?

If yes, now is the perfect time to join the CLA!

We are now six months into the membership year. As a result, new* Senior and Junior Active applicants can join the CLA at a prorated amount for the remainder of the membership period (current membership period ends March 31, 2023).
 
Join before December 15 and receive 50% off the application fee! Find out more by going to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/joinus
 
*This offer is only open to new senior/junior active members and individuals that lapsed more than 12-months ago. 
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

Group Benefits Program for Active Junior, Senior, Observer, and Affiliate members

We are pleased to announce that we can offer Active JUNIOR, SENIOR, OBSERVER and AFFILIATE CLA members Group Health and Dental coverage as well as other benefits through 2 group advisors – Heather Freed, CFP®, CLU, CHS and Harris Pleet, CLU, CHS.

This range of benefits is normally only available to companies with three or more employees, but due to your membership in CLA, it is being offered for both solo members and those with employees or associates.

CLA JUNIOR ACTIVE, SENIOR ACTIVE, OBSERVER and AFFILIATE members can purchase their choice of guaranteed to issue Health and Dental Benefits (from 7 plan choices). Other benefits that can be purchased include:

High Cost Drug Coverage,
 Accident & Serious Illness Insurance, Mental Health & Wellness options, and / or Executive Benefits (which can include Annual Health Assessment at the clinic of your choice) for you and your employees.

With traditional group benefits, everyone must select the same benefits, but with this plan, you can customize the options for each employee.

If you missed the webinar on October 24th we have included it below.

CLA Group Benefits 2022 Webinar recording
CLA JUNIOR ACTIVE, SENIOR ACTIVE, OBSERVER AND AFFILIATE members can click here for more information
CLICK HERE TO VIEW A BROCHURE ON THE GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM

Looking to hire? Post any positions for FREE on the CLA job board

This is a FREE service for anyone (members and non-members) to post employment opportunities for our current 1,800+ CLA members to view in a members-only section of the website. Members can view job positions online by clicking here. 

Opportunities must be legal oriented and appeal to criminal defence lawyers, articling students and/or law students.

*Please note we do not accept positions from government funded institutions. If they are submitted online, they will not be posted.

Positions can fall under full-time, part-time, contract or other categories.

Click here to submit a job position
Not a member? Join today!
CLA Listservs
There are two main email discussion groups devoted to criminal law for the benefit of its members. This is a member only service. There is the MAIN Listserv (open to all CLA members), as well as a Recent Call Listserv (open to CLA members in their first seven years of practice and students). Find out more by going to https://www.criminallawyers.ca/members-only/listserv/

Group Benefits
CLA JUNIOR ACTIVE, SENIOR ACTIVE, OBSERVER, and AFFILIATE members can purchase their choice of guaranteed to issue Health and Dental Benefits (from 7 plan choices). Other benefits that can be purchased include: High Cost Drug Coverage, Accident & Serious Illness Insurance, Mental Health & Wellness options, and / or Executive Benefits (which can include Annual Health Assessment at the clinic of your choice) for you and your employees. Find out more by going to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/Group-Benefits

Tech Help
TechHelp is a free service offered to CLA Members. TechHelp gives members of the CLA access to volunteer technology mentors – tech savvy members who can answer tech-related questions. No question is too basic, no issue too complex.

Perkopolis
Criminal Lawyers’ Associations is proud to offer exclusive access to various discounted products and services, including: theatre, hotels, attractions, movies, shopping, travel & much more, to all members through our new discount partner Perkopolis. Find out more by going to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/perkopolis

CLA member ID card
Personalized photo identification cards are available to active and student members. There is no charge for one ID card every two years ($20 plus HST if less than two years since last ID card issued). Through special arrangements with the Ministry of Correctional Services, CLA ID cards have been designated as an acceptable form of identification for purposes of obtaining unobstructed access to the various detention facilities. To request your ID card, please send a headshot in jpg format to support@criminallawyers.ca.

Storwell Self Storage
Storwell Self Storage is proud to offer all CLA members a 10% discount on their first self-storage unit rental at any of Storwell’s facilities in Scarborough, Etobicoke, and Mississauga. Go to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/Storwell-Self-Storage
CLA Online Directory and Referral Service
Make sure your details are current by clicking here. Current CLA members with an Active or Observer type of membership have the option of being included in our public online directory and referral service

FOR THE DEFENCE
For the Defence CLA Newsletters are sent to all current members in print and electronic format. Members can access all issues published in 2011 and after in the members only section.

Precedents
All members have access to numerous precedents online, free of charge.

TELUS
We are pleased to announce our members now have access to exclusive member discounts and some great deals from TELUS Business. Find out more by going to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/TELUS

Merchant Services Offer
Members have access to the top Payment Processing technologies, and the very best customer service – all while maintaining the industry’s most competitive and transparent pricing on Merchant Services. 

uLawPractice
Members have discounts on uLawPractice – Canada’s only cloud-based legal accounting and practice management software. Since 2011, this Ottawa-based company has grown to provide lawyers and paralegals across Canada with an automated solution for every facet of bookkeeping necessary to remain compliant in jurisdictions across Canada.
 

Aleri
Aleri helps lawyers prepare for trial by providing a more effective way of finding inconsistencies and weaknesses in the evidence. Members benefit from 40% off regular pricing! Go to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/Aleri
 

Mentorship Support

The CLA is pleased to introduce a new initiative – CLA mentorship support. This program is made up of seasoned CLA members that have volunteered to support our recent call members (seven or less years) in specific areas. All recent call members are welcome to connect with mentors for support. For more information, please go to https://members.criminallawyers.ca/Mentorship-Support

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