Law Society of the Northwest Territories

WEEKLY BULLETIN

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The Law Society
of the Northwest Territories
Main Floor; 5004 - 50th Avenue
P.O. Box 1298
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2N9

TEL: (867) 873-3828
FAX: (867) 873-6344

CONTENTS:

1. SCAM NOTICE: "Urgent legal services needed"
2. CBA-NT YOUNG LAWYERS: Law Week Planning
3. SCNWT: Mandatory Attendance at Parenting Workshop
4. NWT COURTS: Chambers Schedule
5. NWT COURTS: Docket Add-ons
6. UPCOMING MEETINGS
7. LUNCH & LEARN SEMINARS
8. NATIONAL CPD OPPORTUNITIES

SCAM NOTICE
"Urgent legal services needed"

Be advised a scam email, titled "Urgent legal services needed", has recently been circulated throughout the Northwest Territories and across the country. It is a variation of prior scam attempts: A distressed woman residing in Asia requests your assistance in collecting a six- or seven-figure settlement from her husband. In some cases, she will claim she received your contact information from a Law Society (or Referral Service).

If you or your staff are unsure of the credibility of an email or phone call requesting services, please contact the Law Society.

Members are also reminded that the Law Society does not provide a mailing list to the public. While a members contact information is public knowledge, we do not provide such information in general list format. For more information on our privacy policies, please contact the Law Society office.

CBA-NT YOUNG LAWYERS
Law Week Planning

The planning for Law Week (April 12th to 16th) has been coming along. It will be very similar to last year with a few tweaks. The Courthouse tour has been scheduled for the lunch hour on Wednesday, April 14th. Last year’s tour was very interesting and very well received, and no doubt this year’s will be just as informative.

The bake sale, with proceeds to go to the local food bank, is scheduled for April 10th. In addition, this year there will be an information booth at the same time/location with information on services available to the public to assist with legal issues.

The Sidedoor youth center, along with the schools, has been advised of a poster and essay contest. This year the Law Foundation of the Northwest Territories has offered to provide a cash prize to the winner of the best submitted essay. We are hopeful that with the involvement of the youth center we will see more involvement from students.

Volunteers are needed to bake goods, help at the bake sale and perhaps the info booth, and to review any submissions we get in the poster and essay contests. If anyone would like to participate or has any other ideas on how we can promote and celebrate Law Week, please don’t hesitate to contact Shirley Walsh at shirley.walsh@wscc.nt.ca.

SUPREME COURT OF THE NWT
Mandatory Attendance at Parenting After Separation Workshop

This is a reminder that the Supreme Court Practice Direction on Mandatory Attendance at a Parenting After Separation Workshop comes into effect on April 1, 2010.

The Practice Direction requires teh filing of a Compliance Form (Appendix "B" the the Practice Direction) at the time of commencing certain family law matters.

This Practice Direction can be viewed at the NWT Courts website:
http://www.nwtcourts.ca/Registry/ndd.htm

NWT COURTS
Chambers Schedule

Supreme Court Civil Chambers, scheduled for 10:00am on Friday, April 2, 2010, will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Family and PAFVA chambers will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Criminal Chambers scheduled for Monday April 5, 2010 will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 10:00am.

NWT COURTS
Docket Add-ons

Effective immediately, matters are not to be added to the docket after 4:00pm on the Wednesday prior to the week in which the court date falls. The exceptions are:

• Show-cause matters
• If accused has matters on the docket already
• Truly exigent of exceptional circumstances

Please contact Sheila Anderson, Manager, if you have any concerns regarding the above information.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

LUNCH & LEARN SEMINARS

NATIONAL CPD OPPORTUNITIES

All members are encouraged to participate in online events by CBA National. Please visit the CBA links provided for details. CBA-NT Members are invited to the Law Society Boardroom to participate in select online events provided by the CBA and CBA-BC. Please register by the dates listed below.