Mark your calendars now for these upcoming CPD seminars and other MLA events. Further details will be forwarded to MLA members via email closer to the event. If you have any questions, please contact MLA Director of CPD Paula Puddy at cle@middlaw.on.ca. The link to the calendar is below:

2018 Late Fall Calendar of CPD Programs

Cancellation Policy for CPD Events:
The Middlesex Law Association will refund the registration fee + HST if cancellation is received FIVE business days before the CPD program.

Topic & Speaker Suggestions
If you have an idea for CPD, please share it with us! Your topic or speaker suggestions will be reviewed and may be used in upcoming programs. Email Paula Puddy, Director of Continuing Professional Development, at cle@middlaw.on.ca.

MLA Holiday Party - New Location!
Thursday, December 13th
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Chaucer's
122 Carling Street.

We are mixing things up this year but hosting our annual Holiday Party outside of the courthouse. Please join us at Chaucer's from 4:30-6:30 to mingle with your MLA colleagues and courthouse staff while enjoying delicious food and live entertainment from the jazz piano trio Harry Cobb and the Organizers.

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Library Christmas Party
Wednesday, December 19th (date change)
All Day!
MLA Practice Resource Centre

We changed our minds and changed the date originally advertised in the November newsletter. Please join us on Wednesday, December 19th for the library's annual fest. There will be coffee, there may be hot apple cider and there will definitely be a huge selection of cookies, tarts and squares all baked by your MLA library staff. Best of all, it runs all day so there's plenty of opportunity for you to come by and enjoy some treats. It's our way of thanking you for using the library in 2018 and for us to get our baking done.

Inaugural Med-Mal Luncheon
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
12:00pm to 2:45pm,
The London Club
Contains 15 minutes of Professionalism hours and up to 2.5 Substantive hours

Enjoy a delicious lunch while hearing from speakers on Trials & Tribulations of Experts, Fiduciary Duty case comment, and a Causation Update.

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Mock Trial Exercises with PwC LLP
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:00-7:00pm
Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:30-7:30pm
Mayer Lerner Lounge, MLA PRC
Courthouse
Contains 1.5 hours of Professionalism hours and up to 4.5 Substantive hours

Get a head start on your 2019 hours by participating in our annual Mock trial exercises with PWC LLP! The feedback is fantastic, provided by 2 senior litigators acting as judges. This year’s mock trial is a personal injury case study. As such, it would be helpful to practice personal injury or insurance defence. Anyone can participate regardless of your year of call!

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CPD-Save the Dates

Please check here regularly for dates of upcoming MLA-CPD seminars. As well, we we will provide links to some non-MLA CPD seminars that will be held in the London area. For those links, registrations should be placed with the body organizing the event as these are not Middlesex Law Association seminars.

14th Annual Straight From The Bench Conference - Monday, May 6, 2019, Doubletree Hilton. Details to follow in the new year.

Earning and Reporting Your CPD Credits

Overview of the CPD Requirement
How to Report Your Credits

CPD Credits for 2018 MLA-CPD Programs to date
CPD Credits for 2017 MLA-CPD Programs

Middlesex Law Association Videos Available on CPDonline.ca

Weren't able to attend a live MLA conference or seminar? Select MLA programs are available as on-demand video replays through CPDonline. A list of this year's past programs is available below.

Or, get access to all of our videos (and everyone else’s) by becoming a subscriber at a preferred rate for law association members!

CPDonline is giving the MLA $100 for every MLA association member who signs up for an individual subscription for $199.00. This offer is for each new subscriber. This $100 is being donated by the MLA to London Lawyers Feed the Hungry.

How to Sign Up

1. Go to https://www.cpdonline.ca/

2. Get Started... Individual Subscription

3. Input Association Code, MiddlesexCPD at checkout (price drops from $399.00 to the law association member price of $199.00)

To browse CPDonline's complete offerings, go to www.cpdonline.ca.

Program	Title	Speakers	Credits
The Business Breakfast 2018	The Shifting Workplace Environment Post #METOO	Joyce Thomas	EDI: .75
The Business Breakfast 2018	Busting the 24 Month Wrongful Dismissal Notice Barrier: Dawe v. The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada	Andrew Camman; Susan Toth	Sub: .5
The Business Breakfast 2018	Troubling Personal Environmental Liabilities for Directors & Officers	Anand Srivastava	Sub: .5
Practice Management for New Lawyers 2018	Practice Management for New Lawyers: Insider Information from LSO’s Practice Review Counsel	Jennifer L. McGill	Prof: 1
Practice Management for New Lawyers 2018	Practice Management for New Lawyers: A Formula for Success for New Lawyers and Avoiding Problems with the LSO	Michael Lerner	Sub: 0.75
Straight from the Bench 2018	Addressing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion	The Honourable Justice Donald McLeod	EDI Prof: 0.5
Straight from the Bench 2018	Attract: Personal Branding for Lawyers	Andris Pone	Prof: 0.5
Straight from the Bench 2018	Appealing on Credibility; The View from the Court of Appeal: Thoughts on Advocacy	The Honourable Mr. Justice Ian Nordheimer; Brian Gover; Dagmara Wozniak	Sub: 1
Straight from the Bench 2018	Everything Old is New Again: Constructive trust, resulting trusts, promissory estoppel, Cowper-Smith v. Morgan 2017 SCC 61	The Honourable Mr. Justice Ian F. Leach; Raymond Leach; Lou-Anne Farrell	Sub: 0.75
Straight from the Bench 2018	Rule 2.1: Blunt Force for Patently Frivolous, Vexatious, and Abusive Proceedings; Beware! New Limitation cases; Facebook jurisdiction case; Green v. LS of Manitoba; Unplanned parenthood	Kim Cura; Martha Cook; Karen Hulan; Susan Toth; Kenneth Fraser	Sub: 1
Real Estate Luncheon Spring 2018	Tax Issues Affecting Real Estate Lawyers: Land transfer Tax and HST	Matthew Wilson	Sub: 0.5
Real Estate Luncheon Spring 2018	A Review of the Law of Navigable Waterways in Ontario in the Context of Natural Severances, and the Role of Official Plans in Applications for Building Permits. Real Estate Fraud.	Analee Ferreira; Marie Taylor	Prof: 0.5, Sub: 0.5
Real Estate Luncheon Spring 2018	Be Careful What You Wish For! Excluding an Expert; Arguing Law at Trial and Efficient & Effective Trial Closings; Protecting the Trial from Appeal: Practical Tips	David Williams; Joni Dobson; Peter Kryworuk; Andrew Murray	Sub: 1

London Lawyers Feed the Hungry

London Lawyers recognize our responsibility to our community – including helping London's least fortunate. The London Lawyers Feed the Hungry Program aims to help ensure that all Londoners have adequate food. Donations are tax deductible and may be made by cheque, payable to the Law Society Foundation, or by VISA. Find out more about this worthy venture, and how you can contribute in the following information sheet:

London Lawyers Feed the Hungry Information Sheet

Read about the London Feed the Hungry Milk and Juice initiative in the following news release:

Milk and Juice Program

Application for Funds:

Organizations interested in applying for funds to run programs related to feeding the hungry in the City of London and the County of Middlesex are invited to complete the Application for Funds via the link below. Further details can be found in the application.

Application for Funds Form

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