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CLE PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

	SUMMER 2010
	Thursday , 8th July 2010 – 5:30 pm-7:00 pm "Advocacy Workshop"Jeffrey Elkinson, Director in the Litigation & Insolvency Department at Conyers Dill & Pearman. LSAB/CLEP. Attendees will be given the opportunity to participate in the practical portion of the Workshop. The witness statements needed for the course are attached. You will get much more out of the course if you take the time to prepare for the course ahead of time. Wednesday, 21st July 2010 – 5:30 pm-7:00 pm "The Role of the Young Lawyer in Bermudian Society" - Michelle St Jane – Principal for Kairos Philanthropy Tuesday, 27th July 2010 - 5:30 pm-7:30 pm "The Hague Conference on Private International Law" – A Look from the Inside" (incl. a presentation of the Hague Securities Convention) by Dr Christophe Bernasconi, LL.M. The Hague Conference on Private International Law is a global inter-governmental organisation. Its mandate is to harmonise private international law rules (conflict of laws), mainly through the development of international treaties, called the “Hague Conventions”. These Conventions cover subjects ranging from commercial and finance law, to transnational procedural law, and to child protection and family law. Several of these Conventions are in fore in Bermuda . The Hague Securities Convention seeks to increase legal certainty in cross-border securities transaction by clarifying which jurisdictions' law applies to a number of practically very important issues of such transactions, incl. questions relating to effective collateral over intermediated securities. The talk will include a presentation of the Hague Conference in general, and a more detailed presentation of the Hague Securities Convention. Dr Christophe Bernasconi has been with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law since 1997. He joined as a Secretary, and became First Secretary in May 2000, having primary responsibility for the Hague Conventions on Judicial and Administrative Cooperation (the Apostille, Service, Evidence and Access to Justice Conventions) and Finance Law (the Securities Convention). Dr Bernasconi is also in charge of developing the broad range of services now provided by the Permanent Bureau (the Secretariat of the Hague Conference ) to support Contracting States in the effective implementation and practical operation of these Treaties. He also regularly contributes to the work relating to the other Hague Conventions, in particular in the areas of Commercial Law, Litigation, and Family Law. Thursday , 5th August 2010 – 5:30 pm-7:00 pm "Practising Property Law in Bermuda" A General Perspective" Harry Kessaram – Consultant – Cox Hallett Wilkinson Thursday , 12th August 2010 – 5:30 pm-7:00 pm "The U.S. Legal System (and Why Bermudian Insurers Care)" Thomas A. Brusstar – Partner – Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP 23rd, 24th and 25th of September 2010, "Training Course in Collaborative Family Law" --Collaborative Law Alliance of Bermuda - Jackie McClellan has asked that you sign up soon, if you are interested in attending. Location to be determined.
	________________________________________________________________________ Dear Members, We are in need of speakers for the weekly CLE presentations. Many of us have developed expertise in an area of law. For those of us who have practiced for a long time I would ask that you consider sharing some of what you have learned, through presentations dealing with what has recently developed in your field, or an overview of some aspect of your field for those who do not practice in that area, or what you have learned, only through experience. For those who have begun your practice more recently, you too have something to give, whether it is your understanding of your area of practice, or a through a particular research project or other techniques that you have learned, that would be of interest. Please contact Paul Lacy directly. ________________________________________________________________________
	If you wish to be added to our mailing list to receive notification of CLE classes, please email director@bermudabar.org
	* All presentations will be held at the Bermuda Insurance Institute at 48 Cedar Avenue , Hamilton , from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
	48 Cedar Avenue is on the one-way street between Church and Victoria Street. Pink building on the lefthand side of the road halfway down. Go up the few steps, through the glass doors and turn immediately left. BII is the blue door with the ship on it.





















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