UVic Keeps Winning at Law Games
Law students from the University of Victoria continued their winning ways at the 25th annual Law Games, hosted this January by the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

The defending Spirit Cup (overall) champions from UVic braved –50 degree temperatures, captured three sports championships, repeated as winners of the talent competition, and had the honour of passing along the Spirit Cup – as is customary at Law Games – to crown an enthusiastic group of McGill University students the new champions.

Law Games began as a one-day hockey tournament in 1985 and has grown into a four-day marathon of athletics, academics, revelry and tradition, attended this year by 350 students representing 13 of Canada’s 20 law schools. The event is an incomparable opportunity for budding lawyers to build relationships within their professional cohort.

Administrative Law Website Launch
Government agencies, commissions and boards make decisions that affect us all. AdminLawBC.ca gives British Columbians an important resource when learning about administrative law or preparing for a tribunal. This new website is the first in Canada to bring information on the complete range of administrative law resources together under one domain.

The website includes videos explaining administrative law, links to a range of federal, provincial and specialized tribunals as well as self-help resources.

AdminLawBC.ca was developed by the Law Courts Education Society and the British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals (BCCAT), with support from the Administrative Justice Office, Justice Services Branch, Ministry of the Attorney General of B.C. Funding was provided by the Notary Foundation of B.C. and the Law Foundation of B.C.

Nanaimo County Gets Master Reinstated on Trial Basis
Members of Provincial Council were pleased to welcome Chief Justice Brenner to the December meeting. At that meeting, he made a commitment to follow up with the members of Nanaimo County, and subsequently had ongoing discussions on this matter with CBABC representatives Stephen McPhee and Grant Currie. Starting February 2009, the access to a Master in Nanaimo County for two weeks each month was reinstated for a trial term.

The CBABC remains committed to assisting Chief Justice Brenner and the courts in our shared task of ensuring access to legal services across the province, and we thank both of them for this opportunity to have done so in Nanaimo County.

New LTSA Title Search System
The Land Title and Survey Authority of BC (LTSA) has modernized its land title search and document retrieval system on BC OnLine. The improved website design streamlines searches and enables the addition of new functionality. The LTSA and BC OnLine are ensuring that users successfully transition to the improved system to allow the old system to be phased out in a few months. Read more at www.ltsa.ca.

These articles were published in the April 2009 issue of BarTalk. © 2009 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.