April

The days are getting shorter—and so too is the time to renew your Canadian Bar Association membership for another year. Join thousands of your colleagues from across Canada and renew today so you can continue to get the most out of your national association.

Each year the Law for the Future Fund grants thousands of dollars to support research projects of national interest. Diversity and access to justice initiatives received the bulk of this year’s funding.

New from the CBA Legal Futures Initiative this month is a two-part tool for small and solo law firms: a report on the state of innovation in their sector of the profession, including interviews with lawyers who have blazed their own trails, along with a practical guide for managing change.

Last year, when seats opened up on the national Board of Directors under the new governance structure, I decided to apply, and I had the privilege of sitting on the first board faced with the challenge of operating under the new CBA 2.0 structure.

One of this year’s recipients of LFFF funding is an initiative by the Women Lawyers Forum to survey gender-based compensation at the big firms operating in Canada.

We’re bringing the CBA to you on more channels than ever. There’s always cba.org, of course, for everything you need to know, but whichever social media platform best suits your style, chances are you’ll be able to find us there in both official languages:

Stay on top of your membership if there is a Canada Post mail delivery disruption.

The CBA Women Lawyers Forum, along with the OBA WLF, held a special event in October commemorating the anniversary of the Touchstones for Change report. The event was recorded and will be available for viewing online.

Message from the Chair, Melanie Del Rizzo - October 2018

The CBA WLF, together with the OBA WLF, are pleased to present a truly unique event - the 25th Anniversary commemoration of the CBA Gender Equality Task Force Report, Touchstones for Change: Equality, Diversity and Accountability.