| 1) |
Special invitation to, and discounts on attending,
PLA sponsored social events. These events include:
- The PLA’s marquee social event, the Annual Judges
Night Dinner where attendees get to mix and mingle with
the Region’s Judiciary
- Sport Events, including Golf Day and Ski Day
- Seasonal Social Events throughout the year
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| 2) |
Special invitation to, and discounts on attending, PLA sponsored
Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Always extremely popular
and informative, the PLA’s home grown seminars cover such
topics as the new family law rules as well as motion and trial
advocacy.
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| 3) |
Receipt of Peel Briefs, the PLA’s quarterly and very
popular newsletter summarizing the goings on of the PLA.
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| 4) |
Access to and inclusion in the PLA’s membership directory,
including the PLA’s searchable online membership database.
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| 5) |
PLA members are also put on a distribution list for all professional
notices issued by the courthouse and our Regional Senior Justice.
This crucial service helps to keep our members up to date on
changes to the procedural requirements of the Brampton Courthouse.
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| 6) |
While the PLA’s law library is available to all members
of the Law Society of Upper Canada, PLA members enjoy special
privileges, including overnight office use of text collection
materials and locker rental (subject to availability). |
| 7) |
Inclusion in the PLA website's Find-A-Lawyer service, which is accessible to the public. |
| 8) |
Access to the Member-Only section of the PLA website, including:
- law pages, including Family Law Page and Commercial Litigation Page
- key local contact list
- library of court directions and notices
- back issues of the Peel Briefs
- PLA Lawyers eForum (on-line discussion group)
- a personal brochure-style web page accessible to the public (fee charged)
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| 9) |
Free wireless internet access in the lounge and library. |
| 10) |
Free library computer training sessions. |
| 11) |
Locker rentals. |
| 12) |
A collective voice in decisions affecting the practice of law in Peel. |
