CBA re: criminal inadmissibility

2018-10-18T15:40:04-08:00October 19th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Peter Edelmann is one of the speakers at the Criminal Justice Vancouver section meeting of the Canadian Bar Association on October 24, 2018. The topic of the meeting is Collateral Consequences and the Criminal Law: Immigration, Professional Discipline, Criminal Records and Civil Forfeiture.

Legal Assistant – job posting

2018-09-24T10:24:32-08:00September 24th, 2018|Uncategorized|

A progressive, reputable criminal and immigration law firm seeks enthusiastic self-starter full time legal assistant. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting two lawyers and keeping track of the ongoing status of their files at various government agencies.   The legal assistant tasks include Immigration -Preparing, indexing and filing documents for disclosure in accordance [...]

Receptionist – job posting

2018-09-18T08:33:29-08:00September 18th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Duties include: -Answering phones, directing calls -Greeting clients -Booking meetings, scheduling interpreters and managing the office calendar -General scanning and filing. -Data-entry, including processing payments -Preparing court materials (printing, binding, punching) -Making regular trips to the post-office (~1 block away) -Ordering supplies -Basic office cleaning -Other basic office tasks, as required.   Skills required: -Ability [...]

Borderlines, Episode 22: R. v. Wong

2018-07-24T13:05:37-08:00July 24th, 2018|Uncategorized|

R v. Wong is a 2018 Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the Supreme Court of Canada had to determine whether a person could withdraw a guilty plea if they they did not know that their pleading guilty would lead to deportation. Peter Edelmann and Erica Olmstead represented the accused at the Supreme Court. [...]

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