Kelowna President’s Forum
The popular CBA President’s Forums continue on April 14, 2000 with “The Business of Law: Specialization and Success in the Practice of Law”. The Forum, to be held in Kelowna, will feature Richard Mendelson, a lawyer and vineyard owner from the Napa Valley in California. Richard practises “Wine Law” and will speak on the subject of “Specialization in the Practice of Law”.

Discussion topics will include:

• multi-disciplinary partnerships;
• interjurisdictional practice of law;
• the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the World Trade Organization negotiations regarding trade in and regulation of professional services;
• building a successful law firm;
• succession plans for law firms;
• marketing your practice;
• home offices for profit and fun; and
• technology tradeshow.

For more information on the Forum, please contact Co-Chairs Carman Overholt at 604.631.1203 or Meg Shaw at 250.762.2252.


The Courts and The Public: A New Approach
The second in a series of CBA public forums will be held on March 9, 2000 at CBC Vancouver studios, 7:00 - 9:30 pm. The focus of the forum will be on the dynamic and at times tense relationship between the courts and Canada’s various publics and their expectations. Guest panelists will include SCC Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin and BC Court of Appeal Chief Justice McEachern.

The CBA BC Branch is pleased to partner with Simon Fraser University and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in presenting this forum as a means to increase public awareness of, and dialogue about, the role of the law and lawyers in society.

These articles were published in the February 2000 issue of BarTalk. © 2000 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.