Events

Sept 23, 28, 29, 30, Oct 1 - Career Services is hosting "Resume Review Days", all day (sign-up on the Career Services Bulletin Board in the Atrium on MFH Level 3)

Thurs, Oct 1 - Visiting Speaker Alex Neve, from 12 to 2 pm, in MFH 2370; McGillivray Moot Shield semi/final round from 4 to 6 pm, in MFH 3370

Fri, Oct 2 - Career Day from 1 to 4 pm at the Metropolitan Conference Centre, 333 - 4th Ave SW

Fri, Oct. 2 - Career Day from 1 to 4 pm at the Metropolitan Conference Centr, 333 - 4th Ave SW

Sat, Oct 3 - Annual Men's 2009 Western Canadian Rugby Championship, in Vancouver (for more info contact Ryu at r_okayama@hotmail.com)

Mon, Oct 5 - CBA Environmental Law Section Meeting, with Professor Shaun Fluker on the topic "Birds and Oil Don't Mix: Comments on the Proceedings of E. v. Syncrude", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW.

Tues, Oct 6 - Career Services is hosting an interview workshop, 12 to 1 pm, in MFH 2370; Blakes Oktoberfest, 1 to 2 pm, in MFH 2360; McGillivray Moot Shield final round (will be rescheduled); CBA Child Welfare Section Meeting, with Jonathan Nicholson of Alberta Justice on the topic "Changes to the Child Youth and Family Enforcement Act", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW

Weds, Oct 7 - Judicial Clerkship Information Session, presented by Professor J. Girgis, 12 to 12:50 pm, MFH 3340; CBA ADR Law Section Meeting, with David Tavender of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on the topic "Proactive Case Management in Arbitrations", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW

Thurs, Oct 8 - Pro Bono Students Canada U of C Chapter is hosting a student training session, 12 to 1 pm in MFH 3360, and 1 to 2 pm in the library; CBA Elder Law Section Meeting, with Laily Pirbahi of The Calgary Foundation on the topic "Recognizing and Advising the Older Client and with Charitable Wishes", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW; Westlaw Canada will have a brief session for the Pro Bono students from 1 to 2 pm

Fri, Oct 9 - Blakes, Cassels and Graydon LLP Dinner and Dance, 7 pm, at the Stampede Casino

Mon, Oct. 12 - Thanksgiving day, university closed

Tues, Oct 13 - Student Legal Assistance is hosting a seminar on criminal procedure from 12:30 to 2 pm, MFH 2370; Career Services is hosting "Regional Opportunities in BC" from 12 to 1 pm, in MFH 3330; CBA Wills and Trusts Law Section Meeting, with Helen Ward of Duncan Craig LLP on the topic "AIPs and DRAs", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW; Professor Sharon Mascher from the University of Western Australia will be hosting a research seminar entitled "Hooked on Carbon: Canada and Australia's Domestic Responses to Climate Change" from 12:15 to 1:45 pm in MFH 4365

Weds, Oct 14 - FMC Negotiation Competition, 4:30pm start, at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in Bankers Court, 15th Floor, 850 - 2nd Street SW; CBA Securities Law Section Meeting, with Lorenz Berner, Manager, Alberta Securities Commission, on the topic "Hot Acronyms in Securities Law: Registration Reform and What it Means for EMDs, MICs, IFMs, and more", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW; Raven Trust is hosting an event featuring award-winning author Andrew Nikiforuk, photographer Garth Lenz, and lawyer Jack Woodward, discussing the Beaver Lake Cree legal action against the oil sands expantion, 5 to 7 pm, at the John Dutton Theratre in the Calgary Public Library, 616 Macleod Trail SE; Children's Legal & Educational Resource Centre (CLERC) is hosting the Artful Bench and Bar event, 5:30 to 8 pm at Hotel Arts (for tickets, call 403-207-9029 or email clerc@clerc-calgary.ca).

Thurs, Oct 15 - Canada Law Book is hosting a session reviewing its database offerings, including O'Briens Forms, Martin's Online, Criminal Spectrum (everyone is welcome, please sign-up at library.ucalgary.ca/branches/law/clb); CBA Technology and Intellectual Property Section Meeting, with Tim Webb of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, on the topic "The Value of Patient and Other IP Agents and Specialists in Litigation", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW; McGillivray Moot Shield Finale from 11:30 am to 2 pm, in MFH 2370 and the Moot Court, and Reception from 1 to 2:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge.

Mon, Oct 19 - CBA Construction Law Section Meeting, with W. Donald Goodfellow, Q.C., on the topic "Builders' Liens in an Economic Downturn: Tips, Traps, and Getting Paid", at 12 pm at the CBA office located at 1725, 311 - 6 AVE SW

Tues, Oct 20 - Mining Law expert Barry Barton will be coming to the U of C law school to deliver a public lecture entitled "Statutory rights to oil and gas, water,fisheries: are they private property?", from 12:15 to 2 pm, in MFH 2370

Thurs, Oct 22 - Student Legal Assistance is hosting a seminar on guilty plea and sentencing, 12 to 2 pm in MFH 2370; The Annual McGillivray Moot Shield Competition, with Appellants Matthew MacPherson and Robert Moyse, and Respondents Rebecca Bell and Carol Crosson, 12:15 pm in Moot Court, MFH 3370 (reception to follow in the Faculty Lounge, sponsored by McLeod & Company LLP)

Mon, Oct 26 - Career Services is hosting "Chamber Unplugged", from 12 to 12:50 pm, in MFH 2370

Tues, Oct 27 - Career Services is hosting a Clerkship Panel, from 12 to 2 pm, in MFH 2370: Faculty Council Meeting, 12 to 2 pm, in MFH 3360

Thurs, Oct 29 - The Equality Committee and Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre (ACLRC) is hosting a Brownbag Lunch on the topic "Freedom of Expression and Discrimination Under Alberta's Human Rights Law", from 12 to 1:45 pm, in MFH 2370, moderated by Linda McKay-Panos of the ACLRC, and featuring panelists Janet Keeping, President of the Sheldon Chumir Foundation, Jo-Ann Komes, Chivers Carpenter, and Jennifer Koshan, Professor, Associate Dean of Research and Grad Program Coordinator in the UofC Faculty of Law; Deadline for applications for Provincial Court Clerkship (for winter term)

Fri, Oct 30 - Student Legal Assistance is hosting a seminar on impaired driving, from 1 to 3 pm, MFH 3330 ***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED***