NewLaw needs new lawyers – are you up to the challenge? The CBA Legal Futures Initiative has heard it again and again: law school is great at teaching theory, not so great at teaching the practical things lawyers hitting the 21st-century job market need to know. Futures has teamed up with Jordan Furlong to create a tool to help bridge that gap. Read on for a sneak peek at the guide.
Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act enters into force On June 1, 2015, the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act entered into force.
Business Leadership Program for In-House Counsel The first program of its kind, successful completion of all three phases will provide graduates with the designation of Certified In-House Counsel – Canada (CIC.C).
CBA President reveals Canadian secret Having had several opportunities to visit Whitehorse over the years, all CBA related trips, I have come to appreciate why so many from outside choose to move there. It is one of Canada's best kept secrets!
2016 CCCA National Conference: Your Recipe for In-House Success Join us at the Westin Calgary in Calgary, April 3-5, 2016 for our National Conference, the largest gathering of in-house counsel in Canada.
Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act enters into force On June 1, 2015, the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act entered into force.
Viscount Bennett Fellowship will help 2020-21 recipient research equality and define discrimination The Canadian Bar Association’s Fellowship Committee has selected Léa Brière-Godbout as the 2020-2021 recipient of the Viscount Bennett Fellowship to assist her in her graduate legal studies.
CBA’s SIRD Project supports toll-free helpline to report human rights violations in Kenya Protests against heavy handed policing have taken centre stage globally in recent weeks, forcing difficult conversations about the disproportionate use of force by police against ethnic minorities. The calls for reform are louder and closer to home than many might have originally thought. Yet the prevalence of police brutality in developing countries is surging for altogether different reasons.