Seminar ID
PON-2014-03-05
Date and time
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 19:00 EST see it in calendar
Attendance
- recording
Languages
- in English
CPD hours
LSBC 3 CPD hours
LSO 3.25 Professionalism
CICC 1.5 CPD hours
Venue
Pace Law Firm300 The East Mall
Toronto
M9B 6B7
Capacity: 18
Description
IMEDA Mentorship series
The entire series is dedicated to practice management and ethics - these are two factors that can make or break an immigration practitioners (mostly sole practitioner). While the idea behind these series is to offer these tools to immigration consultants, we are positive that many new lawyers or lawyers who never practiced immigration law will find them useful.
As for the second part of each of these seminars, the format of the workshop is identical but each is focused on a different area of immigration practice - the area is identified in each agenda. The workshop will simulate a client's intake, assessment, legal advice, preparation of a file, submission and keeping track of the file.
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Building a new immigration practice
Setting goals
a. Financial independence vs. perpetual growth
b. Self-employed or business owner
c. Specialization vs. general practice
Business setup
d. Sole proprietorship vs. partnership vs. corporation
e. Business name
f. Domain for website
g. Multi professional office
h. Sharing office with a lawyer
i. Sharing office with a consultant
Exercise – Family class
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a. Presented scenario
b. Assessment – interview, questionnaire
c. Assessing eligibility
d. Researching possibilities, applicable categories for the client
e. Assessing admissibility
f. Ethical considerations – truth, misrepresentation, omitted information, potential inadmissibility, honesty and candour, decision to accept or refuse to represent
g. Advising client – managing client’s expectations, guaranteeing results, setting a fee for representation
h. Retainer agreement
i. Opening file
Length
3 hours
Cost
regular fee - $ 75.00
No CPD -
50% discount
Presenters
Disclaimer
Please note that speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing; however, circumstances beyond the control of the organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics. IMEDA reserves the right to alter or to modify the advertised speakers and /or topics, if necessary. Any schedule substitutions or alterations will be updated on the IMEDA website as soon as possible and all registrants will be notified by e-mail.