Committees

• External Communications
• Communications
• Continuing Legal Education
• Legislation & Law Reform

Legislation and Law Reform

• The Section's recommendations to the ULCC for adapting the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model law on International Commercial Conciliation

PD Archive

Special Projects

• Support for the Ontario Bar Association's ADR Section Submission on Ontario Bill C-14
• Presenting a resolution in February 2006 asking CBA Council to endorse the Uniform (International) Commercial Mediation Act, and urging government to enact it.
• Section Chair met with ABA counterpart in Los Angeles in April 2005
• Work with the Department of Justice and the International Law Section on the implementation of the Model Law on international mediation pertaining to trade and commerce.
• Section responded to consultation on  amendments of the Code of Professional Conduct. Recommended changes were approved by Council in August 2004.
• The Section participated in February to a Forum on Aboriginal Dispute Resolution organized by the Law Commission of Canada.