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Daphne Dumont of Prince Edward Island is the recipient of this year’s Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 President’s Award. The award recognizes Ms. Dumont’s significant contribution to the CBA, women’s issues and her community.

We're going live on Facebook to bring you side stage interviews with each finalist right after they pitch.

CBA Urges Federal Government to Honour Regional Representation in Filling SCC Vacancies

The National Sections Council Award this year honours two national Sections, both of which have shown their relevance to the association. Read on to find out what set the National Construction and Infrastructure Section, and the Intellectual Property Section, apart this year.

Benny Chan, a student at McGill University Faculty of Law, has won the 2016 Paul Smith Memorial Award.

Amélie Gravel , who began her law studies at the Université de Québec à Montréal in January, won the Sword and Scale award from the Military Law Section for her paper Victims of military infractions : Victims like any other.

The Canadian Judges’ Forum is now accepting nominations for the positions of Secretary-Treasurer and two Executive Members for the term September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, will speak at the Opening Plenary of the CBA Legal Conference on August 12th, 2016

A look ahead to CBA professional development programs.