Singleton Urquhart LLP sponsors CoRe Clinic Speaker Series

Singleton Urquhart LLP is the proud sponsor of the Spring 2010 CoRe Clinic Speaker Series. CoRe Conflict Resolution Society is a registered charity operating out of the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia that offers low cost mediation services to the community. The CoRe Clinic Speaker Series provides a forum for the legal profession, mediators and law students to engage in the discussion of important and emerging issues in conflict resolution.

The first session in the series "The Coming Shape of Legal Practice and Culture" was presented by M. Jerry McHale, Q.C. on January 27, 2010. Mr. McHale is Acting Deputy Attorney General. Prior to that he was the Assistant Deputy Minister, Justice Services Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General where he was responsible for dispute resolution programs as well as for family law programs, legal aid and civil policy and legislation.

Subsequent CoRe Clinic Speaker Series sessions include:

• March 10 - "Mediating Custom Adoption" presented by Vicki Trerise
• March 17 - "Collaborative Divorce" Nancy Cameron, Q.C.
• April 14 - "Dispute Resolution in Gaming" presented by Christine Mingie
• May 12 - "Improvisation and Mediation" presented by Carrie Gallant and Sharon Sutherland