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Interview with Justice Cynthia Petersen

  • December 14, 2017

Ontario Superior Court Justice Cynthia Petersen took an unusual path to the bench, moving from academia to legal practice to the court. Along the way she made a name for herself doing public interest litigation for LGBT communities. She sat down recently for an interview with OBA student member Natasha R. Yard, talking about what took her to the bench, and what she found once she got there. She also has some advice for litigators.

CBA Advocacy

  • December 14, 2017

Business-related advocacy in the last few months has included submissions on CASL, Big Data, corporate wrongdoing and the Global Skills Initiative, among others.

The Skilled Lawyer Series is back

  • December 12, 2017

Launching in January, the 2018 Skilled Lawyer Series will provide lawyers across the country with an opportunity to refresh and update their skills.

The Skilled Lawyer Series is back

  • December 07, 2017

Are financial statements a whole new language to you? How are you at drafting effective business documents? If you answered “a little” and “umm…” respectively, the 2018 Skilled Lawyer Series is for you.

What’s new with CBA International Initiatives?

  • December 07, 2017

CBA International Initiatives is providing guidance and support to partners in Vietnam as they create courses on policy development and legislative drafting. They’ve introduced a skills-based method to curriculum development that is a new approach in the country.

What’s coming up in PD

  • December 07, 2017

Our Professional Development people have lined up a host of spring conferences, and a brand new slate of substantive law webinars covering topics such as litigating social change through the Charter, civil forfeiture and mental health for the winter law series.

CBA Wellness Award of Excellence

  • December 07, 2017

Dana Schindelka, a litigator and dispute resolution specialist for DLA Piper in Alberta, is this year’s winner of the CBA Wellness Forum Award in recognition of his years of activity and successes in the legal wellness field.