UPCOMING EVENT
2010 CBABC Work Life Balance Awards Luncheon
The Work Life Balance Awards will be presented at the Annual Work Life Balance Awards Luncheon on June 24, 2010 at the Vancouver Club, 915 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 1C6. The Work Life Balance Section in consultation with the CBABC Awards and Recognition Committee, will select the recipients. You are encouraged to attend the luncheon to learn about the latest in Work Life Balance and to honour the winners.




Photo: 2009 CBABC WLB Award Luncheon – L-R: Helena Clift, CBABC Work Life Balance Section; Wally Oppal, QC, former Attorney General; Susan Connaghan, Pushor Mitchell LLP (2009 award winner); Antonio Zivanovic, Corporate Occupational Solutions (sponsor) and Catherine Sas, QC, Chair, CBABC Work Life Balance Section.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) EVENT
The B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association is recognized by the Law Society of B.C. as a premier provider of professional development activities. CBABC is committed to providing relevant and cost-effective ways to obtain your mandatory professional development hours.

CBABC provides conferences, workshops and webinars designed to meet the needs of lawyers while still maintaining the opportunity to network, advance your career, your practice and your business. Email: pd@bccba.org / Website: cba.org/pd

Conferences
CBABC Annual Branch Conference
Date: November 19-21, 2010
Speakers: Variety of B.C. and U.S. speakers
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Details: Complete all 12 of your 2010 CPD credits, including the two-hour required professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations and practice management component. Conference brochure is included as an insert in this publication.

CBA Canadian Legal Conference: Niagara 2010
Date: August 15-17, 2010
Location: Niagara, Ontario
Details: CLC events will ensure you take in the full beauty and excitement of one of Canada’s premiere wine regions. The main conference sessions are taking place at the Sheraton on the Falls with receptions and events throughout the vineyards of Niagara. Opening Night Festivities at Table Rock Centre are at the brink of the thundering falls while the closing evening will let you explore wine country.

Visit cba.org/cba/niagara2010/main/ for further details.

Seminars
Joint Fraser Valley Bar Association, Surrey Bar Association and CBABC PD Seminar: New Family Rules
Date: June 10, 2010
Speaker: John-Paul Boyd
Location: Guildford Golf and Country Club, Surrey

Joint Criminal Justice – Vancouver Section and CBABC PD Seminar: Exercising Judgment In Criminal Law: Not Just The Job Of The Judge
Date: June 23, 2010
Speaker: The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas Albert Cromwell
Location: Law Courts Inn, Vancouver
Don’t forget to visit our new one-stop PD resource site cba.org/pd/ to create a personalised account based on your PD needs!

LAW WEEK 2010
Law Week 2010 - Kamloops
Harry Potter Mock Trial

    

Kamloops Courthouse Library Displays

    

RCMP Police Dog Drill

    

Law Week 2010 - Fun Run

    

    

Law Week 2010 - Vancouver
Citizenship Ceremony and R v Hades Mock Trial

    

Dial-A-Lawyer and Public Forum

    

Open House

    

These articles were published in the June 2010 issue of BarTalk. © 2010 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.