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Lawyers with an interest in energy and the environment are invited to join their colleagues in Winnipeg at the end of May for a two-day conference exploring emerging trends and recent developments in environmental, energy and natural resources law.

With the help of CBA Law for the Future Fund grant, Lakehead University’s Dr. Miriam Cohen and her team created a searchable database of Canadian human rights decision and a website replete with other resources dealing with human rights.

The Canadian Bar Association has been made aware of a scammer impersonating the Canadian Bar Association. One document shares employment opportunities at Kerui Petroleum, and the other an Employment Contract Agreement that includes both the Canadian Bar Association logo and the Kerui Group logo and asks for personal information.

Immigration, travelling with children and pensions are the topics covered in the three new Legal Health Checks offered by the CBA for you to make available to your clients.

Are you a young lawyer interested in a career in international law? The Young Lawyers International Program might be right for you. We’re currently accepting applications for the 32 spots open this year.

We’re still building our database of volunteers for the SIRD project in East Africa. If you have expertise in the extractive sector, or working on human rights issues, you might be just what we’re looking for. Find out more about the project and what opportunities are coming up.

The CBA’s essay contests can help you build your profile within the legal community, connect with senior members of the bar, and hone your research and writing skills. And for the best submissions, we are awarding $250 - $2,500 in cash prizes. See our website for these and other contests, and enter today! 

Applications are now being accepted from those who’d like to be part of the CBA Board of Directors. Find out more about that process, as well as how to apply for Board committees and Section executives.

The CBA Air and Space Law Section and CBA-BC are presenting a webinar exploring the legal issues arising in transportation accidents. Find out more.

In 1993 the CBA published a groundbreaking report on equality – or the lack thereof – in the legal profession that still resonates 25 years later. We look at the legacy of Touchstones, and the lessons learned.