New Work Life Balance Award - Seeking Nominations
The Work Life Balance Committee of the Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch, has established a new award to recognize lawyers, law firms, or organizations who demonstrate leadership in promoting work life balance within the practice of law.

The Work Life Balance Award is designed to reward innovation and creative thinking in work life balance and to recognize a CBABC member, law firm, or organization who demonstrates this balance in their practice or who is a leader in the development and implementation of work life balance strategies to assist others to achieve work life balance.

The Work Life Balance Committee is seeking nominations for the Work Life Balance Award. Nomination forms can be downloaded from the CBABC website at www.cba.org/bc/home/main/ under the News and Jobs section and must be received by the CBABC Committee Coordinator by 4:30 p.m. on April 30, 2008. The Work Life Balance Committee, in consultation with the Awards Committee of the CBABC, will select the recipient of the Work Life Balance Award at the end of May, 2008 and will present the Award in June, 2008.

All nominations should include a brief description of how a nominee has achieved, encouraged, or facilitated initiatives to achieve a healthy work life balance.


University of Victoria Wins Law Games - Donates $2,000 in Prize Money to Charity
University of Victoria students returned from the 24th annual Law Games held this January in Montreal with $2,000 in prize money and the coveted Spirit Cup, which is awarded to the overall winners of Canada’s annual law student competition. The $2,000 have been earmarked for donation to the Victoria Women’s Transition House, which offers counselling and shelter to women suffering emotional and physical abuse.

This article was published in the April 2008 issue of BarTalk. © 2008 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.