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Practitioners must complete nine Substantive hoursand three Professionalism hoursof CPD per year.  Get all twelve hours here.

The Personal Wellness CPD
Will Help You:

• To comply with Rule 2.01(3) - Civility;
• To comply with Rule 3.01(4) - Competence;
• To comply with Rule 3.02(1) - Quality of Service ;
• To comply with Rule 6.01(1) - General Duty ;
• To comply with Rule 7.01     - Courtesy and Good Faith; and
• To comply with Rule 8.02(1) - Making Legal Services Available .

Samantha Glass and Amanda Todd provide the Personal Wellness presentation and share insights on self-care and managing the various issues that adversely affect legal practitioners.

Personal wellness, meaning physical health including energy and stamina, comes from eating well and exercising as well as involving good mental health including open-mindedness with clearness of conscience and an objective willingness to accept varied perspectives.  Personal wellness contributes significantly to the capacity of the legal practitioner to perform and deliver upon many of the Paralegal Rules of Conduct.  Indeed, wellness is an important state of being that goes well beyond just physical health and includes your mental health, your emotional health, your social health, and your spiritual health.  As a professional practitioner, balancing all components of personal wellness are necessary.

The Drafting a Pleading CPD
Will Help You With:

• The general rules for drafting a pleading;
• The specific rules for drafting a Plaintiff's Claim in Small Claims Court;
• The specific rules for drafting a Defence in Small Claims Court;
• The reasons why Small Claims Court pleadings should be drafted as if the pleading is for the Superior Court; and
• The much more that professional litigators should know about drafting a pleading.

The Drafting An Affidavit CPD
Will Help You With:

• The general rules for drafting an Affidavit;
• The general rules for commissioning an Affidavit;
• The specific rules for drafting an Affidavit including avoiding hearsay, stating only truthfully known facts, avoiding conclusion statements, requirement of relevance, and the risks of defamation including limits upon privilege;
• The much more that professional litigators should know about drafting an Affidavit.

The Drafting a Release CPD
Will Help You With:

• The general rules for drafting a release including the implied term of a release upon settlement;
• The purpose of a Mary Carter or Pierringer agreement for single-party settlement in multi-party litigation;
• The principle of finality including the Sinclair-Cockburn doctrine; and
• The much more that professional litigators should know about drafting a release.