The Family Lawyer’s Association invites you to come and join us aboard the Aurora Borealis for a dinner Cruise!

Purchase your tickets by April 20th!!!
Don’t miss the boat!

FLA Member: $45    |   Non-FLA Member: $50

FLA: Boat Cruise Tickets

FLA Member $45.00 CAD FLA Non Member $50.00 CAD

To RSVP and purchase your tickets contact:

• Victoria Starr at victoriastarr@starrfamilylaw.com
• Cynthia Mancia atcmancia@bellnet.ca
• Mary Reilly at lawoffice@tedgarreilly.ca
• Julia Vera at postmaster@veralaw.ca
• Jennifer Ryan at jennifer_ryan@rogers.com
• Ghina Al-Sewaidi at sewaidig@lao.on.ca
• Bill Rogers at bill@rogersfamilylaw.com
• Jean Hyndmam at jean@jhyndman.ca
• Alawi Mohideen at mohideen_law@rogers.com
• Paula McGirr at mcgirrp@lao.on.ca
• Renuka Satchithananthan at indielaw2000@yahoo.ca

Presented by the 311 Open Bar Series Lawyers and Court Workers Welcome Download PDF of announcement
Chair:	Justice Ellen Murray
Panel:	Ian Hull, Estates Practitioner Sheila McKinnon, Criminal and Family Lawyer Georgina Carson, Sr. Family Lawyer Gwyneth Pearce, Staff Lawyers, Clinic Resource Office, L.A.O.
Where:	311 Jarvis Street
When:	Monday, May 7, 2012 4:45 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.

In order to properly represent your family law clients, you need to have a basic understanding of many other related areas of law. Our expert panel will address some of these questions:

1. Will an order for joint custody mean that my client’s ODSP payment is reduced?
2. Is there a way my client can give evidence in a custody trial without prejudicing him in the criminal trial?
3. Your client or the other side has a pension. How do the new Pension Rules affect this pension?
4. Does a client o modest means need to have a Will?

Fashioned after the six minute lawyer, specialists in these other fields of law will discuss their area of expertise and the ethical issues they commonly encounter in their area of expertise. Please come and bring your questions. This session will start this important conversation.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION

On May 30th, 2012

At 30 Isabella Street, Toronto
(Children’s Aid Society of Toronto)
5:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

AS WE SAY FAREWELL TO JUSTICE ZUKER
On the occasion of his transition
from Family Court to Criminal Court

Advance ticket sales only until May 25, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
- $35.00 each

Cheques should be made out to: Sara Wunch and sent to
45 Sheppard Avenue E. Suite 104, Toronto, On M2N 5W9

Attn: Lauren Israel
Tickets are also available for purchase from Lauren Israel and Sara Wunch

Cash Bar

Click here to view / download Event Flyer

invites you to celebrate our 20th Anniversary and
Orange Ribbon Month for safe child access awareness.

Join Us To Celebrate!!!

Attention all Family Court Judges, Lawyers, Court Workers, Psychologists, Social Workers, Board Members, Access Supervisors, Program Managers and all other related professionals.

We invite you to:

• Celebrate the launch of our new service, Supportive Supervised Access
• Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Supervised Access Program
• Celebrate Orange Ribbon Campaign, the month of MAY
• Watch a video tour of a supervised access site
• Enjoy refreshments, snacks, silent auctions and prize draws

Session will be held at our new location:

When: Thursday, May 31st, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Where: 100 Sheppard Ave. East, Suite 504

Should you have any questions, please contact our office at (416)304-1221.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL!

You are invited to attend this event but you have to R.S.V.P.
Please R.S.V.P to Fahima.Dashti@kinark.on.ca by May 10th, 2012.

Click here to view/download the Event Flyer

Presented by the 311 Open Bar Series Lawyers and Court Workers Welcome Download PDF of announcement
Chair:	Justice Heather Katarynych
Guest Lecturer:	Professor Rollie Thompson, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Where:	311 Jarvis Street
When:	Monday, June 4, 2012 4:45 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.

When a client comes into your office asking for assistance in resolving a family law dispute, you should be thinking about the rules of evidence. Why? Because the rules determine the admissibility of evidence and if you cannot get your client’s version of events before the Court, you cannot get your client the result he or she desires.

This session will cover a range of familiar – but still difficult – evidence issues that come up in family law, including: hearsay, opinion, privilege, credibility and witness examination. Short factual “snappers” will be used to pose questions and there might even be some “answers” (yes, there sometimes are answers in the law of evidence). Helpful recent cases will be identified.

You can never know enough about the law of evidence.

Save the Date

Please join us for the 18th Annual Tribute

which will be held on June 7, 2012
at the fabulous C Lounge
456 Wellington Street West
Toronto

Doors open 6:30 pm
Live Auction 8:00 pm
Silent Auction ends 9:30 pm

Tickets $50.00, includes hors d’oevres, complimentary cocktail,
live/silent auctions, prizes and more

For more information, call the Clinic at 416.323.9149 ext. 237
or visit our website at www.Schliferclinic.com

Click here to view/download the Event Flyer

The New Child Protection Lawyers’ Group invites you to our second annual spring get-together!

This is a great opportunity to meet up with other young lawyers interested in practicing child protection and more experienced lawyers in this field. This invitation is open to all interested counsel and students. We’re going to chat about the joys and struggles of child protection law over a drink (or two…). We hope to see you there!

When: Wednesday, June 13, at 5:00 pm

Where: Milestones, at Yonge and Dundas Square

Cost: We ask that you pay for your own food and drink.

RSVP: It is not necessary to RSVP but we would like to get a sense of the numbers in advance, so please contact Stephanie at stephanie@mccarthyco.ca or (647) 725-0666 if you plan to attend.

Yours truly,

Seema Jain, Stephanie Giannandrea, Haley Gaber-Katz, Shuah Roskies,
and Tammy Law

Save the Date!

Join us in a celebration of the

35th Anniversary

of the Superior Court of Justice, Family Court
(formerly Unified Family Court)

Monday, June 25, 2012

4:30 p.m.
Unveiling of Commemorative Plaque at the Hamilton Family Court
55 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario

6:00 p.m.
Dinner at the Hamilton Club
6 Main Street East, Hamilton, Ontario

Cost for dinner: $75 per person (limited availability)

To purchase dinner tickets, please go to
www.afccontario.ca/conference

Presented by
The Advocates’ Society
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Ontario Chapter)
County & District Law Presidents’ Association
Family Lawyers Association
Hamilton Law Association
Law Society of Upper Canada
Ontario Bar association

Click here to view/download the event flyer (English and French)

“PRACTICING FAMILY LAW”
ADMISSION & MATERIALS $25

WHAT FAMILY LAWYERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS, ESTATES LAW, CRIMINAL LAW AND PENSION LAW

Monday, May 7, 2012
Justice Murray will chair this session. In order to properly represent their clients, family lawyers need to be competent (or at least be well enough informed to know when they need to seek further advice) in many other areas of the law. Fashioned after the six minute lawyer, specialists in other fields of law will discuss their area of expertise and take questions.

MORE EVIDENCE

Monday, June 4, 2012
ustice Katarynych has agreed to chair this session. Professor Rollie Thomson from Shulich School of Law (formerly Dalhousie Law School) is back by popular demand to teach his ever popular refresher course in evidence law. When can you ever know enough about evidence?

 
ALL SESSIONS WILL INCLUDE A CASE OF MONTH -
PROFESSIONALISM COMMENTARY

The individual attendance fee for each session is set at $25. This fee will include the cost of refreshments, materials and session security. This is a continuing education program NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Please bring your professional identification as it may be requested prior to admittance.

The Family Lawyers Association elected its new slate of board executives last week.

The new executive is:

1. Chair – Victoria Starr (victoriastarr@starrfamilylaw.com)
2. Co Chair – Cynthia Mancia (cmancia@bellnet.ca)
3. Treasurer – Mary Reilly (lawoffice@tedgarreilly.ca)
4. Secretary – Julia Vera (postmaster@veralaw.ca)

As your new chair, I would very much like to hear from you with regards to your ideas and thoughts about the Family Lawyers Association and how it might better serve you. Please give me a call or drop me a line via e-mail.

On behalf of the Family Lawyers Association I would like to thank our past chair, Sara Wunch, for her hard work and dedication to our association. Sara will continue on with the Association as a board member and as past chair.