IBA Conference 2017: Insights On Legal Practices And International Perspective

The IBA Conference 2017 Experience

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Discuss about the Advanced Business Writing for Annual IBA Conference.

It has been a few days that I came back from Sydney after attending the Annual IBA conference, 2017. The experience that I gathered was of immense value and will be cherished by me in the present as well as the coming days. I attended the seminar on a free invitation pass just few days prior to the conference and I was quick to book my flight ticket to Sydney. I met a number of intelligent people along with the best scholars, legal experts, veteran attorney generals and many more such people from the legal discipline. It was an enriching experience as because meeting with such high rated professionals was a help to my own future profession as a lawyer. The conference according to my own viewpoint was one of the most successful one in the history of IBA and the organizers made it a point to ensure its success by arranging everything in place. The seminars and programs along with the awards session was thoroughly enjoyed by me. I write this letter in order to reflect my enriching experience of the conference and summarize the conference in brief on how the following has helped me gain a proper understanding of the different legal practices and view law in the international perspective. The benefits of sharing the views of each other and most importantly taking necessary ideas from the experts and the experienced professionals has come in handy for me.

The conference began on the 23^rd of October with a welcome note and an interactive session involving the young lawyers and trainees with the IBA scholars. One of the reputed IBA scholars named MR. Peter, an eminent lawyer of USA addressed the participants. He made us understand the modern trends followed in international law and the increasing importance of the bilateral and diplomatic laws that are agreed between the different nations in the world. He also talked about his personal legal experiences in both his native country as well as in other countries. While he was retreating from the platform I was able to meet and talk with him for a few minutes. I made it sure to first congratulate him on his great speech and asked for some necessary advice regarding our profession. The moment he came to know about my native country he was elated and suggested that I share some of the legal practices of Canada with the committee. This was suggested by him because of the absence of notable lawyers from the country.

Day 1: Seminar on International Law and Diplomacy

The next day was another notable day for me as I joined some of the young lawyers, trainees and some aspiring lawyers like me in the seminar. The seminar began with the interaction with a panel of renowned guest speakers who addressed different questions and also shared their immense experience with us. Some of us were called to the stage to share their own experience which made the seminar all the more interesting. The speakers also raised key issues that the lawyers face while practicing and mentioned the ways to avoid such complex situations. There were some presentations from three eminent and young lawyers from Australia and Japan respectively. Last but not the least in any ways the concluding speech along with a short case history by the Bar Association of Spain was way too impressive and helped the aspiring lawyers like us with lots of knowledge. The idea of such complex laws and regulations will be helpful to deal with such cases if they arise in my country in the future. The most important and perhaps the key to the success of the following conference was the total video recording of the conference and then providing them to the participants in exchange of a minimum fee. The video presentation will be helpful for me as I will be able to access it whenever required. It will make me more confident when I will practice law practically and thus I am confident of being a successful lawyer in the future.

I will be elated to share my experience in the university back in Canada as I can share my rich knowledge with the other students and show them the entire video which will surely help them to gather some clear ideas on law and its practices. The fact that I attended the meet was well communicated to the members of IBA here in Canada who attended the meet along with me. I am invited by them to the annual Bar Association conference of Canada in the month of March, 2018 where I can again gain quality experience. The management of the following association has decided to focus more on the growth and development of the young lawyers of Canada and improve their style of legal practice. The rise in the number of complex and innovative challenges in the legal front has been a headache for the organization for quite some time now and thus the organization have decided to focus their attention to the following theme. In sharp contrast to the other developed countries especially the neighboring USA the aspiring as well as the young lawyers of the company have been facing different challenges regarding the proper scheduling of the legal programs. This leads them to areas of high risk that makes them vulnerable to risks. There are also other risks that the lawyers generally face among which financial risks tops the chart. This happens as because newcomers in the legal practice does not have enormous financial prowess. The bar association in Canada have a huge pressure to fulfill as the new lawyers needs to gain enormous experience to  face the challenging cases which may come in the future. I was amazed to see the development that was already in place in the developed countries. The lawyers from the developed countries presented a lot of new facts that proved the advanced measures and practices that are in place to handle all the different cases. IBA has set up the young Lawyer committee as it is dedicated to help the young and aspiring lawyers like me to achieve the goals of a lawyer and also introduce a number of strong and effective measures and practices in the bars of the developing countries. The annual Law conference is thus one of the best among all as it provides the perfect stage for the development of a young lawyer to an experienced person. The more the experience as a lawyer the more challenging it is. It will be a great honor for me to participate in the following conference in the coming days and be a member of the Young Lawyer committee. The conference for the next year will be held in Ontario, Canada which will surely be attended by me. The conference will also help the lawyers of Canada to realize the actual gap that exists in the present days and will surely take a leaf out of the law making rules and regulations of the developed countries. 

Day 2: Seminar on Legal Practices and Avoiding Complex Situations

Conclusion

Thus a thorough analysis of my experience of attending the conference will reveal a number of benefits for the attendees. Attending conferences like the one mentioned by me will surely add value and enrich a great deal of experience to the knowledge bank of an attendee. A person who was trying to submit his PhD paper will immediately postpone his submission as attending such conferences will reveal a huge number of gaps in his paper. To mention specifically about my personal experience I never thought of learning so much from different delegates and attendees of the conference. The presence of eminent lawyers from developed as well as developing countries were a boon for me as such a gathering was a rare fixture in the whole year. This has helped in the improvement of my own skills and will also enable me to help my colleagues and friends of the same profession to carry on with different cases. The experience gathered from the conference also benefits me to apply for new and much better jobs in the future. The rich knowledge of different complex cases will surely make be an able lawyer. Therefore conferences have a great value in the lives of the professionals and the aspiring persons who wants to enrich their careers. Earlier I abstained myself from attending such conferences but I was able to get the reality check once I personally attended it. International Conferences like IBA helps the attendees to connect with the other attendees and discuss different point of views from different perspectives, learn new things and make new relationships. Personally I was able to establish new relationships with some other lawyers from different states which helped me to learn a great deal about the rules and laws of their country. Therefore to conclude the report it can be said that the experience I gained in the conference has been well described by me and I hope that my recommendations can have a positive impact on the structure of Bar in the country.

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