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Practice Advisors
Services for Lawyers | Practice Advisors 






Advice from the Practice Advisors
Law Practice Management
Loss Prevention

The Practice Advisors are available to discuss legal, ethical, and practice concerns, and personal matters such as stress and addiction. They also mediate and arbitrate interlawyer disputes.

Practice Advisors provide assistance and resources in relation to strategic planning, practice management, marketing, and technology and systems, with focus on the needs of sole practitioners and lawyers practising in smaller settings.

Practice Advisors will travel anywhere in Alberta for personal meetings with lawyers where appropriate. All contacts are strictly confidential. Services are provided without charge. Members are invited to call at any time.

To contact the Practice Advisors, please call:

Ross McLeod, Practice Advisor
in Edmonton at:
(780) 412-2301 or
1-800-661-2135
fax: (780) 424-1620
email Ross McLeod

Nancy Carruthers, Practice Advisor
in Calgary at:
(403) 229-4714 or
1-866-440-4640
fax: (403) 228-1728
email Nancy Carruthers

Jocelyn Frazer, Equity Ombudsperson
and Acting Practice Advisor
in Calgary at:
(403) 229-4769 or
1-888-229-4769
fax: (403) 228-1728
email Jocelyn Frazer

Advice from the Practice Advisors:
Mortgage Discharge Delays (March 2010): 
  • Guidelines for Solicitors to Facilitate Discharging or Transfer of Mortgages PDF 70k
  • CBA Contact List for Matters Involving Mortgage Discharges PDF 70k
  • Guidelines for Representing Children PDF - 50k
  • Sabbaticals for Lawyers: Yes, we can! PDF - 47k
  • Critical Illness Practice Checklist PDF - 444k
  • Contingency Fee Issues with Sample Calculation PDF - 54k
  • Signing Court Orders PDF - 31k
  • Am I a Commissionner or Notary PDF - 22k
  • When a Lawyer Leaves a Law Firm PDF - 70k
  • Trust conditions Update - A NOTE ON CARLING DEVELOPMENT INC. V AURORA RIVER TOWER INC.[2005] A.J. NO. 988  PDF- 61k
  • Barristers' Etiquette and Ethical Duties PDF - 411k
  • Privacy Legislation and Model Privacy Policies PDF - 105k
  • Real Property Reports - Recommended Rules of Practice PDF - 128k
  • Real Estate Conveyancing - Report on Status of Trust Conditions PDF - 47k
  • Real Estate Conveyancing and High-Ratio, Insured Mortgages
  • Bulletin - Third Party Service Providers (to process mortgage loans) PDF
  • File Storage and Destruction Guidelines
  • Ethically Speaking
  •  
    Law Practice Management:
  • Changes to GST in Alberta – Effective July 1, 2010
  • HST Changes are Here PDF - 197k
  • Giving independent legal advice
  • Independent Legal Advice model checklist
  • How to make technology decisions
  • Going Solo?
  • Should you do your own clerical work?
  • Getting away from it all
  • The Receptionist: Your manager of first and lasting impressions
  • Managing Pro Bono
  • Help! I need a new legal assistant!
  • Debt and the small-firm lawyer
  • Rarely a borrower be
  • Fifteen myths of small firm practice and their rebuttals
  • Slow Death from Exposure
  • Preventing employee theft
  • Preventing accounts receivable
  • Preventing accounts receivable - Part 2
  •  
    Loss Prevention:
  • Loss Prevention Bulletins (WARNING: You may have to click on this link twice)


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