By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A letter issued Jan. 31 and signed by the entire board of the Law Society of Alberta (LSA) could put into perspective a movement by a vocal group of lawyers to do away with a rule that requires mandatory training in Indigenous cultural competency. A Jan. 13 petition signed by 50 active lawyers has forced a special meeting of the LSA for Feb. 6 to vote on a resolution to repeal Rule 67.4, which allows Benchers (board members) to “prescribe continuing professional development requirements to be completed by members, in a form and manner, as well as time frame, acceptable to the Benchers.” As the only professional development requirement in place right now is an Indigenous cultural competency course called The Path, a

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