April

The CBA is currently seeking candidates for its National Standing Committees for 2016-2017.

In March our professional development department will launch its brand new Solutions Series – a set of eight webinars that respond directly to requests from members for help in developing their soft skills.

The Canadian Bar Association’s essay contests can help you build your profile within the legal community, connect with senior members of the bar, and hone your research and writing skills.

CBA National magazine’s website won its second Clawbie in 2015 – that’s an award for excellence in legal blogs.

In January, a contingent of 17 young lawyers with the CBA Young Lawyers International Program left Canada to begin six-month placements in Africa, the Caribbean, and South and East Asia.

On Dec. 13 the new CBA website was finally launched after much gnashing of teeth, pulling-out of hair and a colossal amount of work.

If you haven’t already registered, what are you waiting for?

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found that the federal government has discriminated against thousands of Aboriginal children by underfunding welfare services on reserves compared to the rest of the country.

The CBA’s Federal Court Bench and Bar Liaison Committee has responded to a discussion paper circulated by the Federal Court.

On February 6, 2015, the Supreme of Court of Canada stuck down the ban on physician-assisted death. The unanimous ruling provided eligible patients the right to receive assistance in dying from a willing physician. The Court gave Parliament and the provincial legislatures a year to build a framework to govern the provision of physician-assisted death.