Wills and Estates Basics for Paralegals and Legal Support Staff 2025


Course Date: May 30, 2025

Full Course Materials
Total: 6h 2min
Total Ethics: 10min

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Mary KingstonPrograms Coordinator, CLEBC, Vancouver
Stacie AyukawaSenior Paralegal, Heinrichs Richards LLP, Vancouver
Braeden J. RahnGeoffrey 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 AyukawaSenior Paralegal, Heinrichs Richards LLP, Vancouver
Braeden J. RahnGeoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver