Robert C. Worthington, LLB Author and teacher Robert C. Worthington guides you through the perils of contract and purchasing law with clarity and humour. A former barrister and award-winning university lecturer, he has written and taught legal education courses for over 26 years, focusing on contract, competitive bidding and procurement law. Bob wrote the first Canadian book on contract and purchasing law designed especially for procurement professionals, entitled the Purchasing Law Handbook. The two-volume desk-top reference, now in its second edition, is updated once annually. Bob’s second book, The Public Purchasing Law Handbook, is a companion text to the Purchasing Law Handbook, and covers issues pertinent to Municipal, Provincial and Federal Government purchasing and contract management. From time to time, he also writes articles for a number of national procurement industry publications, including Summit Magazine and Municipal World. Robert is currently putting the finishing touches on his newest book, coming in Autumn 2012 from LexisNexis: The Desktop Guide to Procurement Law. The Desktop Guide is filled cover-to-cover with helpful tips, tricks and checklists and timely articles to bring you right up-to-date on what you need to know about procurement law. Don’t miss it! As a writer on the subjects of contract, competitive bidding and procurement law, Bob has penned training manuals for numerous federal, provincial and municipal governments, crown corporations, universities, professional procurement organizations and private companies. As a teacher of law, Bob’s abilities are first-rate. His courses have been enthusiastically received in cross-Canada teaching tours for over 26 years. He teaches non-lawyers the laws they need to know to do their work with understanding and awareness. There’s no legalese in his seminars – just straight talk and straight answers. Bob makes learning law fun! Bob's refreshing presentation style makes him a popular keynote speaker and conference headliner. He takes potentially boring subjects and makes them interesting and amusing. His speaking engagements, spanning two decades, have included presentations at numerous round tables, symposiums and conventions. If you work in procurement, supply or materials management, or with contracts or competitive bids, you need to know what the legal rules are. Bob Worthington makes these complex legal issues easy to understand and apply to your everyday work. Need to know about procurement law? Bob is your man. Call us today at 604-488-0114, click on the links above for more information, or send us an email at rcworthington@shaw.ca.