Educational

Dear Members,

RE: AGM, Call for volunteers and Amendment to December 3, 2020 Agenda

The RLA is looking for members to join the executive. If you would be interested in joining the executive please contact us.

The Executive has decided to form a new “Submissions Working Group” to work on preparing written proposals and responses to consultation paper requests from the IRB, Federal Court, and other government agencies.  

This working group would be a roster of volunteers willing to be called on to take the lead in preparing draft submissions.  Individual members would only take on what they specifically volunteer for, and could identify in advance what type of issues they want to work on (or identify when they are/are not available, etc.).

Volunteers could pick a topic they prepare a submission on or agree to take the lead on preparing a response, then forward a draft of written submissions.  The Executive would set out the timelines and process for consultation and final approval, with the ideal being consultation with the relevant RLA committee and distribution for comment to the listserv, then final approval by the Executive.  (The Executive may vary the process, ie. if we are coordinating with other advocacy groups).

Lastly, in light of the LSO’s law summit (Day 2) and the RPD’s meeting on Virtual Hearings Project – Information session, we have decided to shorten our educational. Therefore, we will not be covering the topic of Remote Hearings.

The presentation on Covid-19 Risk management presented by LawPro has been accredited with 30 minutes of professionalism hours and will be the only presentation before our AGM. 

A copy of the Agenda is enclosed below.

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If you have any questions, please let us know,

Regards