The Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association (CLIA) presents the following:
“For over 35 years, the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association has worked to bring peace of mind to the lawyers in our subscriber jurisdictions and the clients they serve. We also want you to think of CLIA when in need of answers about your insurance or help with loss prevention.
We recently launched a blog, Not So Risky Business, to help. Each Tuesday and Wednesday you can expect an informative post on topics to better help you manage your practice, avoid errors and understand your insurance coverage needs. To receive these posts directly in your inbox, please subscribe!
New Wellness Toolkit and Loss Prevention Repository
We are also pleased to announced two new CLIA resources – our Wellness Toolkit, and the revamped Loss Prevention Repository. The Wellness Toolkit houses numerous resources to assist in detecting warning signs in yourself and others, provide more information for those in higher-risk groups, and tools to deal with risks specific to the legal profession. The Repository houses a collection of links to numerous checklists, tips, articles, videos and guides created by CLIA Subscribers and partners. It is now organized by topic and subtopic to better guide you to the resources you need.
Other Recent Posts Include:
What To Expect From Us in 2025: With our first year under our belt, the CLIA team is looking at how to improve the blog for 2025. We’d like to let you know what to expect in 2025 and welcome and suggestions you may have on topics, content or format.
The Wellness Docket: Limit Interruptions To Decrease Anxiety and Increase Productivity: The latest in the Wellness Docket series by Erin Durant. Several tips are provided on how you can make changes to your workplace to reduce distractions, allow your knowledge workers the ability to focus and possibly reduce stress and anxiety in the process.
Funds Transfer Fraud Alert: About to pay out trust funds? Stop and read this first!
CLIA Subscriber jurisdictions and our partners continue to see claims involving hacked emails. This is also known as social engineering – where fraudulent electronic communications or websites designed to impersonate you or your firm cause you damage. Review this recent BC example involving a multi-million dollar funds transfer fraud and the steps you should take to verify fund transfer instructions to avoid being victim to a similar scam.
New Lawyer’s Guide To Avoiding Mistakes: The Vacation of Least Disruption: Dreaming of escaping the cold but thoughts of a vacation are making you nervous? See the latest post by Kelsey Barnes for practical tips for taking vacation time and ensuring that there is adequate coverage for your legal practice while you’re away.
The Potential For Reducing Claims With Plain Language: Can incorporating a plain-language approach to our communications reduce claims? Poor communication is a leading cause of professional liability claims against lawyers. Being able to express legal terms and processes to clients through a plain language approach may reduce the risk of miscommunication with the client and therefore reduce the potential for error.
Bite Size CPD Series: Mental Wellness: The Law Society of Saskatchewan’s recent Bite Size CPD series focuses on Mental Wellness – a critical topic for legal professionals. Check out these informative under-10-minute video episodes.
Understanding and Combating Social Engineering: As noted in our recent post, Funds Transfer Fraud Alert, CLIA Subscriber jurisdictions and our partners continue to see claims involving hacked emails. This is also known as social engineering – where fraudulent electronic communications or websites designed to impersonate you or your firm cause you damage. So what is social engineering and how can we avoid being duped?
The Importance of Notes: The Lawyers’ Insurance Association of Nova Scotia (LIANS) provides useful advice in their publication, LIANSwers, including this article on the importance of notes.”