One is an Ontario Bar Association (OBA) full day program on September 23, 2008 commencing at 9:00 a.m. entitled “Trusts, Trustees, Trusteeships III – All you need to know and more”. This is the third year that this program on Trusts is running. The use of Trusts and Trust drafting are said to be the primary focus of this year’s program.

Topics include: Valuation Issues and Discretionary Trusts, The Effect of Bankruptcy on Estate Planning, Testamentary Trust Planning, The Use of Trusts as a Will Substitute, Charitable Gifts made by a Trust, Trust Variations, Insurance Trusts and Declarations, Judicial Supervision of the Exercise of Trustee Discretionary Powers and Trust Drafting.
 

This program is being held at the OBA Conference Centre, 20 Toronto Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto. Information on this program can be found on the OBA’s website www.oba.org/.

The other program is Hull and Hull LLP’s next Breakfast Series on October 8, 2008. Hull & Hull LLP’s long running Breakfast Series continues to provide members of the bar with presentations on topics of importance to estate practitioners.

At the October 8th meeting, the following presentations will be made: “The Will to Decide - What to do When Capacity is in Question” by Natalia Angelini, "Dealing with the Body, and other Estate Issues that Arise Immediately Upon Death" by Paul Trudelle and “Recent Caselaw Developments” by Ian Hull.

This breakfast meeting is also being held at the OBA Conference Centre, 20 Toronto Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto. Breakfast begins at 8:15 a.m. with the Presentations starting at 8:30 a.m. A fee of $30.00 ($28.30 + $1.70 GST) is payable to Hull & Hull LLP upon registration by cheque, VISA or MasterCard. Materials are included.

A CD or Cassette Tape recording of the Breakfast Seminar will be available at a fee of $20.00 ($18.96 + $1.14 GST)

To register for the Hull & Hull LLP Breakfast Series, please contact Diane Labao at (416) 369-1140 (press 0) or by email to dlabao@hullandhull.com.

Have a great day.

Craig
 

Other Canadian legal podcasts include Osler Audio Reports offered by Osler, Hoskin, & Harcourt LLP that discuss a variety of business legal issues. The Canadian Bar Association provides PracticeLink Podcasts offering practice management information to its members. Law is Cool is both a blog and podcast produced by and for Canadian law students. (Podcast Episode No. 8 features an interview with Ian Hull).

Law schools are also providing a tremendous amount of information through the podcasting medium. The University of Ottawa’s Law and Technology Program was one of the first educational institutions to utilize podcasting and make classes available via podcasts. Through podcasts, many American law schools are making special lectures available to the public. Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation produces PONcasts offering advice on negotiation skills.

On a slightly different note, BBC Radio 4’s Law in Action is a half hour weekly podcast from the UK that discusses legal issues in the news.  

These are just a few of the legal podcast choices out there. Whether it is for education or entertainment purposes, there is a lot of information out there.  

Have a nice day,

Diane Vieira