Fall/Winter 2010
The Alberta Law Foundation
The Warner Further Education Council and the Lethbridge
College’s Public Legal Education Program co-sponsor these courses.
The purpose of the Public Legal Education Program is to help the public learn about law and the legal system. The program is funded by a grant from the Alberta Law Foundation. The Lethbridge College is a member of PLENA, the Public Legal Education Network of Alberta.
Public Legal Education Speakers Bureau
Are you looking for a speaker on a legal subject for your meeting, class or event?
We can help.
We arrange speakers on a wide variety of legal subjects. Let us know what you’re interested in and we’ll work with you to try to design a presentation to match.
Please book at least three weeks in advance. We prefer an audience of eight or more if possible.
For More information:
Contact the Public Legal Education Program:
(403) 320-3346 • p.gerhart@lethbridgecollege.ab.ca
The following courses are VIDEO CONFERENCE classes. The instructor will be on a screen and they will be on a screen and they will be able to see and interact with the students in the room and other classrooms. This enables us to offer classes with a lower number of students.
Information for the Legal Courses listed below:
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Fee: $5
Location: Warner County Office – Video Conference
Facilitators: Lethbridge College/Law Foundation
Minimum: 4
Maximum: 15
Registration Deadline: Please register at least one week in advance of each course.
Register with: Carolyn or Lynette, Further Ed Office, 642-3635/1-888-642-2241 or 642-2134 (evenings).
Send cheque to office, Box 278, Warner, AB T0K 2L0.
Being An Executor – Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Date: Wed. October 6
This presentation will provide an overview of the legal rights and responsibilities of an executor (also known as a personal representative) as that person:
· Gathers in the estate assets
· Pays the debts
· Distributes to beneficiaries
· Generally administers the estate.
Grandparents, Grandchildren and the Law
Date: Wed. October 20
Grandparents often play a significant role in the lives of their grandchildren and the emotional ties can be deep. If parents separate or divorce, it can become difficult for grandparents to maintain this relationship with their grandchildren. Other times, such situations can result in grandparents providing much or all of the care for their grandchildren. How does the legal system respond in these types of situations? This session looks at subjects like parenting of and contact with children (also referred to as custody and access), maintenance, and guardianship from the grandparent-grandchild perspective.
Separation and Divorce
Date: Wed. November 3
In the course of exploring what can happen legally when a couple decides to separate or divorce, the speaker will discuss issues like:
· The process – what is the court process? – are there other ways, like mediation or collaborative law, to try and how do they work?
· Child maintenance, custody (parenting) and access (contact) – how the children will be looked after
· Spousal maintenance – the extent to which one separating or divorcing spouse will have to support the other
· Matrimonial property – how the property will be divided.
Small Claims Court and How It Works
Date: Wed. November 17
This is an introduction to ‘Small Claims Court’ (now called Provincial Court – Civil). It will give you a chance to learn about:
· What kinds of cases the court hears
· The limit for claims
· How lawsuits in the court are started and defended
· Procedure before trial including processes like mediation
· Evidence and witnesses; and
· Conducting trials and what actually happens there.