Detailed Resume - Ron Smith

Areas of Mediation Practice

• Family Law
• Personal Injury Law
• Employment Law
• Wills, Estates & Trusts
• Community Association Matters
• Construction Disputes
• Church Disputes

Roster Memberships

• British Columbia Mediator Roster Society - Civil Roster and Family Roster
• British Columbia Mediation and Arbitration Institute (BCAMI)

Professional and Community Involvement

• Past Chair - Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLE), 2002
• Board Member - CLE, 1996-2002
• Committee Member - Vancouver Foundation, 2003
• Past Vice-Chair - British Columbia Mediator Roster Society, 2002-2003
• Member - Law Society of British Columbia, 1974 to present
• Member - Canadian Bar Association, 1974 to present
• Member - Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
• Board Member - Christian Legal Fellowship, 1980 to present

Coaching Experience - Professional Education Courses

• 5th Biennial Family Law Conference - CLE, 2003
• National Judicial Institute - 2002
• Family Mediation  - CLE, 1999, 1989
• Conflict Resolution  - The Justice Institute of BC,1992, 1991
• Commercial Mediation - CLE, 1991
• Advanced Family Mediation - CLE, 1989
• Mediation of Ministry for Children and Families Disputes, Okanagan University College, 2004

Education & Professional Designations

• University of British Columbia - LL.B., 1974
• Called to the British Columbia Bar - 1975
• Chartered Mediator
• Chartered Arbitrator

 

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