McDougall Gauley LLP's Lauren J. Wihak will be presenting at the 2024 Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association (STLA) Fall Conference, "Appellate Advocacy and the Trial Lawyer". The conference will centre discussion on trial lawyers, at any level of experience, in their roles as advocates on appeal. This event will take place Friday, October 11, 2024.
Lauren's presentation, "Courts of Appeal: What They Do, Don't Do, Can't Do, and Why this Matters to Effective Appellate Advocacy", is aimed at providing an introduction to appellate courts, and how understanding the function of appellate courts (and in particular their function as distinct from trial courts) and the limits on the jurisdiction of appellate courts is essential to effective advocacy in the Court.
Lauren Wihak is a partner at McDougall Gauley, with a practice focusing on administrative and public law, civil litigation, and appeals. Lauren frequently appears in the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and has also appeared before appellate courts in Manitoba and British Columbia, as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada. She has spoken and presented at numerous conferences and seminars on administrative law, across Canada, and has had a number of her published articles, including others published in the CJALP, cited by Canadian courts including the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan and the Supreme Court of Canada.
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