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Vivene Salmon, assistant Vice-President, Compliance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was acclaimed CBA Vice-President for the 2018-2019 year. We asked her six important questions to get to know more about her background and her vision for the CBA.

Announcements and cross country roundup - January 2018

The Canadian Bar Association’s Family Law Section has submitted comments on Bill S-202, Shared Parenting Act.

There is a call for applicants for a position currently available on the Court Martial Appeal Committee

CBA's response to the CBSA Consultations on proposed regulatory amendments to the Cannabis Act.

CBA News | December 2017

The CBA National office will be closed from noon on Friday, December 22 through Monday, January 1. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 2.

The CBA National office will be closed from Friday, December 24 through Monday, January 3. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 4.

The Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA Section) wrote to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to comment on the Government Response to the Citizenship and Immigration Committee Report, Starting Again: Improving Government Oversight of Immigration Consultants, presented to the House of Commons in October 2017.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Cynthia Petersen took an unusual path to the bench, moving from academia to legal practice to the court. Along the way she made a name for herself doing public interest litigation for LGBT communities. She sat down recently for an interview with OBA student member Natasha R. Yard, talking about what took her to the bench, and what she found once she got there. She also has some advice for litigators.