Maureen Whelly Mills Q.C. of Riverview wins 2017 CBA President’s Award August 18, 2017 Maureen Whelly Mills Q.C. of Riverview is the 2017 recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s President’s Award which recognizes the significant contribution of a Canadian jurist to the legal profession, the CBA, or the public life of Canada.
Caitlin Pakosh winner of 2017 Walter Owen Book Prize August 18, 2017 The Foundation for Legal Research has awarded the 2017 Walter Owen Book Prize to Caitlin Pakosh, senior staff lawyer at Innocence Canada, for the book The Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences, published in 2016 by Irwin Law.
Kerry Simmons, Q.C., of Victoria takes over CBA presidency on August 17 in Montreal August 17, 2017 Kerry Simmons, Q.C., of Victoria, BC, will take over as president of the Canadian Bar Association on August 17 when the chain of office is transferred from outgoing president René Basque of Moncton, N.B., at the CBA Annual Meeting.
Media Advisory – Canadian Bar Association Annual Meeting 2017 August 15, 2017 The Canadian Bar Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting takes place in Montreal on August 17. Resolutions that will be debated and voted on include new CBA bylaws and regulations, the need for a national commissioner for children and youth, and a denunciation of the violence against gay and bisexual men in Chechnya.
5 New Submissions to Government August 10, 2017 The CBA’s Legislation & Law Reform team has been busy working with our National Sections to send a number of submissions to government.
Winner of CBA 2017 Law School Essay Contest August 04, 2017 Niall Rand, a graduate law student at the UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law, is the winner of the 2017 Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section Law School Essay Contest Gowling WLG - David Estrin Prize.
Winner of the 2017 Paul Smith Memorial Award August 03, 2017 The CBA Administrative Law Section is pleased to announce that Mark Mancini is the winner of the 2017 Paul Smith Memorial Award for his paper titled “Just a Pillowfight?: Standard of Review And Expertise in Constitutional Law."
Overview of Appointments of Prothonotaries of the Federal Court July 26, 2017 The Commissioner of Federal Judicial Affairs is seeking applications from barristers or advocates who are members in good standing of any provincial or territorial Bar, and who have extensive professional experience spanning at least ten years, to fill an existing vacancy at the Federal Court in Vancouver and create a pool of candidates to staff future prothonotary positions in Ottawa, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver.