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As we debate the merits of opening the legal profession to non-lawyers, the experience with immigration consultants offers a case study of the perils and pitfalls that can lie ahead.

Access to justice is a key and ongoing priority for the Canadian Bar Association, so that was our primary focus when looking at this year’s federal budget.

Blast Email - March 2019

Blast Email March 2019

March 2019 Blast Email

The SCC’s recent Jarvis ruling will have broad effects, particularly in the grey areas, on the use of surveillance technology.

The CBA’s podcast channel, the Every Lawyer, has a number of podcasts aimed directly at lawyers in small and solo practices. Read on to see what’s new specifically for you, and while you’re there, check out our other podcasts, including CBA President Ray Adlington’s own series Conversations with the President: Raising the Bar on Inclusion.

Information about the purchase and use of cannabis can be highly sensitive. What can retailers do to protect their consumers’ privacy?

The federal bill tabled last week is good start to return jurisdiction over child welfare to Indigenous groups, says Ottawa lawyer David Taylor. But questions remain about ensuring that proper funding follows.

Practising law can be challenging for anyone, but many racialized lawyers face additional barriers based on institutionalized inequality.