Author: Calgary

Please join us in welcoming Nayla Mawji of Field Law as CALA’s new Financial Subsection Chair while our former chair of that subsection, Holli McVean, has moved to a Board position. Welcome Nayla!

Did you know…CALA offers a $400.00 scholarship reimbursement to any CALA member who attends one of ALA’s 2016 National or Regional Conferences.  The conditions are simple:  Be an active CALA member, register and attend one of either of ALA’s National Conference (Spring) or ALA’s Regional Conferences (Fall/3 locations/formerly Business of Law Conference) and submit a copy of […]

Congratulations to Jin Wu of Stikeman Elliott and Alanna Loftus of Lawson Lundell on their CALA full-ride scholarship win (conference registration, flight & accommodation) to ALA’s 2016 Regional Legal Management Conference in the location of their choosing.  Jin won her scholarship as an attendee at our CookBook Company Cooks event and Alanna won hers as […]

CALA AGM Highlights! Welcome our new 2016-2017 CALA Executive Board: President:                                Jeanelle Crosser, Warren Benson Amantea LLP President Elect:                      Jerry-Lynn Fossenier, TingleMerrett LLP Past President:                        Catina Aronson, McLennan Ross LLP VP Programs/Events:            Andrea Boyle, Stikeman Elliott LLP VP Education:                          Holli McVean, Carscallen LLP VP Sponsorships:                    Tami White, McMillan LLP VP Communications:              Sharon Harris, Beaumont Church […]

Business of Law Conferences- Registration is open to attend ALA’s Business of Law Conference series. This year’s theme is “Evolving the Business of Law” and that’s exactly what the BLC’s were designed to do: offer the same leading-edge curriculum across three locations in the US. Specialty Conferences- Additionally, registration is open to attend the Managing […]

We are very excited to announce that the Calgary chapter of the ALA has been recognized in the 2015 Presidents’ Award of Excellence program. This program is a performance guideline meant to encourage chapters to take effective and collaborative action in support of ALA’s mission to promote and enhance the competence and professionalism of legal […]

CALA AGM Presents… Freddi Dogterom Fun with F.R.O.G. s A fun look at communicating with an emphasis on listening skills with the theme of Frogs! The acronym FROG stands for: FIND – common ground; REFLECT – what do I know; ORGANIZE – pause and think, and; GENERATE – enthusiasm. Once again the learning is participatory […]

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CALA announced at its AGM today that we are the recent & proud recipient of the ALA 2019 ELEVATE AWARD recognizing excellence in educational content, member to member & member to business partner relationships and prominence in the legal community.  We are also happy to announce our newly elected 2019/2020 Executive Board being: Karryn Mysyk, […]

President: Sharon Harris, Beaumont Church LLP President Elect: Karryn Mysyk, McLeod Law LLP Past President: Jerry-Lynn Fossenier, TingleMerrett LLP VP Programs/Events: Jennifer Carter-Squire, Bennett Jones LLP VP Education: Michelle Zizek, Parlee McLaws LLP VP Sponsorships: Andrea Boyle, Stikeman Elliott LLP VP Communications: Robert McLauchlin, Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP Treasurer: Holli McVean, Carscallen LLP Secretary: Paul Archambault, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh