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CBA News | May 2017

The CBA National Intellectual Property Section’s annual IP Day was another success. For the second year it started with a Diversity Breakfast. This year Nisha Anand hosted a panel discussing diversity topics, which kicked off discussions that lasted all day long.

If you’re a family lawyer often at a loss to help separating and divorcing parents figure out how to get their kids safely to the other side of the marital breakdown, the Family Law Section has developed a toolkit for you – and for them.

Does your Section have a conference coming up? Here’s a list.

Winners have been chosen for a number of the 2017 CBA Connect Essay Contests. Here is a list of winners and links to the winning papers where available. The James Bocking Memorial Award contest is still open, see below for details.

Have you had a chance to check out the online course the CBA developed in conjunction with Bell Let’s Talk and the Mood Disorders Society of Canada? It’s aimed at helping those in the profession better understand mental health and addictions issues.

The federal government tabled its latest budget on March 22. Since March 23, the CBA has been working to get the government to either drop a tax measure proposed in the budget or to change it to mitigate its impact on Canadian lawyers – and their clients – who rely on billed basis accounting.

Announcements and cross country roundup.

Immigration lawyers from across Canada will gather at the Canadian Bar Association’s 2017 Immigration Law Conference to be held June 8-10 at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.

The CBA National Health Law Section is pleased to announce that Alec Yarascavitch is the winner of the inaugural Law School Essay Competition for his paper entitled, Assisted Dying for Mental Disorders: Why Canada’s Legal Approach Raises Serious Concerns.