Wills and Estates Basics for Paralegals and Legal Support Staff 2025
Course Date: May 30, 2025
Total: 6h 2min
Total Ethics: 10min
Course Date: May 30, 2025
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
Mary Kingston — Programs Coordinator, CLEBC, Vancouver
Stacie Ayukawa — Senior Paralegal, Heinrichs Richards LLP, Vancouver
Braeden J. Rahn — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver
Testamentary Capacity/Undue Influence (9:10 – 9:40)
Elyssa Lockhart — MLT Aikins LLP, Vancouver
Drafting Wills (9:40 – 10:30)
Rose Shawlee — Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver
BREAK (10:30 – 10:45)
Drafting Representation Agreements and Powers of Attorney (10:45 – 11:15)
Elyssa Lockhart — MLT Aikins LLP, Vancouver
Intersection between Real Property and Wills and Estates (11:15 – 12:05)
Sebastian Lipnicki — DuMoulin Boskovich LLP, Vernon
LUNCH (12:05 – 1:00)
Trust Basics (1:00 – 1:30)
Braeden J. Rahn — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver
Registry Perspective (1:30 – 2:15)
Christine Gordon — Deputy District Registrar, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Jessie Sihota — Deputy District Registrar, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
BREAK (2:15 – 2:30)
Probate (2:30 – 3:30)
Baljit Badhan — Entrust Lawyers LLP, Kelowna
Drafting P40 Affidavits (3:30 – 4:20)
Braeden J. Rahn — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver
Closing Comments and Questions (4:20 – 4:30)
Stacie Ayukawa — Senior Paralegal, Heinrichs Richards LLP, Vancouver
Braeden J. Rahn — Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver
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