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Browse our news listing for top CBA news stories and messages to our members.

Enter a CBA Essay Contest today

  • February 10, 2016

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.

CBA Offers Input on Physician-Assisted Dying

  • February 05, 2016

In a letter to Joint Chairs of the Special Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying, we recommend that Criminal Code exemptions for physician-assisted dying extend to two situations.

Advocacy Update: CBA Letters to Government

  • February 04, 2016

In two letters to government, the CBA identified issues with Online Immigration Services and raised the need for review of criminal justice and corrections policies.

Call for Papers for Canadian International Lawyer Volume 11(2)

  • February 03, 2016

Canadian International Lawyer invites proposals for papers for its Volume 11(2). CIL welcomes submissions of original articles, case commentaries, practice notes, treaties and legal developments on significant current issues of international law in French or English.

Students! Enter a CBA Essay Contest today

  • February 02, 2016

The Canadian Bar Association’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.

Young Lawyers International Program

  • February 02, 2016

In January, a contingent of 17 young lawyers with the CBA Young Lawyers International Program left Canada to begin six-month placements in Africa, the Caribbean, and South and East Asia.