Alina Chekh and Natalie Chan participate as Volunteer Judges at the Allard School of Law First Year Moot

AMLC's Alina Chekh and Natalie Chan participated as volunteer judges at the Allard School of Law First Year Moot on February 14th. As part of the Advocacy Course, all Allard Law first-year students, working in teams of two, argued a moot problem before a panel of volunteer judges.

This exercise provides an opportunity for students to learn the basic principles of written and oral advocacy and to develop their skills as advocates.

Supporting law students is important to AMLC and our lawyers are grateful for opportunities to contribute to the Vancouver legal community!

AMLC sponsors 47th Annual Women in Law Dinner

AMLC is proud to be a Gold Level Sponsor of the 47th Annual Women in Law Dinner held by the Allard Law Women’s Caucus. This dinner brings together Allard Law students, faculty, and the broader legal community for a night of community-building and celebration. It also stands to recognize the legal community’s advancements towards gender equality while drawing attention to the progress that remains to be made.

We look forward to attending this important and exciting event!

AMLC’s Alex Mok will be speaking on panel with FACL BC and SABA BC

On February 21, 2024, Alex will speak on the NCA/LLM Q&A Panel to share his experience in navigating through the accreditation process for foreign lawyers. This event is co-hosted by the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC and the South Asian Bar Association BC.

Learn more about the free event and register at https://faclbc.ca/event-5596822.

AMLC is pleased to sponsor the BGuiled Debate on February 8th at the Roundhouse Community Centre.

Four debate finalists, including former AMLC team member, Allison Morrell, will be arguing in teams of two for or against the following maxim, in meandering comedic speeches: “BE IT RESOLVED THAT JUSTICE IS BLIND, BUT SHE CAN PEEK THROUGH HER BLINDFOLD”.

Join us for a fun night full of laughter! Tickets are on sale now, and all proceeds will be donated to Access Pro Bono.

More information on the event can be found here: www.bguileddebate.com

AMLC’s Greg Allen will be presenting at the CLEBC’s Commercial Litigation on November 28, 2023

Come hear AMLC’s Greg Allen speak about summary trials and the benefits of using hybrid summary trial procedures in commercial litigation.

For more details and to register click here.

John Trueman featured in The Advocates Society's "Keeping Tabs"

Our associate, John Trueman, was interviewed and featured in The Advocates Society's Spring 2023 edition of "Keeping Tabs," a publication targeted at junior lawyers across the country.

Speaking with fellow SCC clerk Aly Haji, John chronicles his journey to becoming a lawyer which included working on the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and starting law school at age 36. Sharing what he’s learned along the way, John highlights what being a lawyer means to him.

You can read the full interview on pages 14-17 in “Keeping Tabs.”