Collaborative Practice Ottawa, on behalf of the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation (OCLF) invites you to join us for the Annual OCLF Conference, being held this year in our nation's capital at the historic Lord Elgin Hotel. The conference dates are May 15 - 17, 2008, in the midst of Ottawa's annual Tulip Festival!!

Join fellow practitioners from the legal, financial and mental health fields for what promises to be an exceptional learning and networking experience with internationally renown speakers including Sharon Strand-Ellison, Chip Rose and Carol Ann Wilson.

Please see the Conference Schedule and Registration Form for more details. For more information on speakers, the conference and Ottawa, please visit www.oclf.ca or email us at oclf2008@gmail.com.

We hope to see you there!!

With respect to billing by the CCLA and/or OBA, and invoice should go to Collaborative Practice Ottawa, c/o Marta Siemiarczuk re 2008 OCLF Annual Conference

Date: May 2, 2008 - Toronto
Topic: Introduction to Keynote Speaker (Scott); Every Litigator's Nightmare: Have You (or Your Client) Waived Privilege? What You Can and Cannot Do (Kristjanson)
Event: Spring Symposium 2008 - Trials and Tribulations: The Practical Advocate (Advocates' Society)

Date: March 28, 2008 - Ottawa
Topic: Leadership from the Academy and the Bar
Event: Tenth Colloquium on the Legal Profession Professionalism: Ideals, Challenges, Myths and Realities (Law Society of Upper Canada)

Date: March 11-13 2008 - Ottawa
Event: Gerry Stobo, David Scott, Nadia Effendi and Jack Hughes will be delivering a series of training sessions to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada.

Date: February 28 & March 4, 2008 - Ottawa
Topics: Legislative changes: mandatory disclosure of critical incidents (Roger); Charting in hospitals (Radford); Overview of a legal action and related obligations (Anstey); College proceedings and coroner's inquests (Crain); Legal structures and arrangements (Ménard); Hospital Governance (Jolicoeur); Contract law (Cross); Personal health information protection (Lalonde)
Speakers: Pierre Roger, Jennifer Radford, Jim Anstey, Kirsten Crain, Yves Ménard, Marc Jolicoeur, Pamela Cross, Sylvie Lalonde

Date: February 25-26, 2008 - Ottawa
Event: Decision Writing (Federated Press)