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CBA Welcomes Ongoing Funding for Criminal Legal Aid

  • June 08, 2016

Legal aid provides access to justice for Canadians who cannot afford to pay for legal services. The CBA has a long history of unwavering support for a legal aid system for essential criminal matters.

Alex Bogach wins Real Property Section essay competition

  • June 07, 2016

Alex Bogach, a third-year student at Queen’s University Faculty of Law is this year’s winner of the Real Property Section’s essay competition with his paper titled A Place in Common Space: State Property Ownership and Common Spaces in Canada.

Jeannette Savoie is latest Legal Aid Leader award winner

  • June 07, 2016

The Canadian Bar Association’s Legal Aid Liaison Committee is pleased to announce Jeannette Savoie, a staff lawyer with the Legal Services Board in the Northwest Territories, as a recipient of the Legal Aid Leader Award.

New issue of Canadian International Lawyer

  • June 07, 2016

The latest issue of Canadian International Lawyer is online. Editor Noemi Gal-Or says this issue explores three themes that have received a lot of attention recently: migration, corruption and the recognition of foreign judgments.

IP Day diversity breakfast

  • June 07, 2016

“Where are the women?” the keynote speaker at last year’s IP Day luncheon asked. This year the Intellectual Property Section tried to answer that question with a Diversity Breakfast aimed at sharing stories and getting people talking about diversity. Read on for an account of the event by Mala Joshi and Kamleh Nicola.

!!New survey deadline!! Inquiring minds want to know: Do you LPO?

  • June 07, 2016

What impact does legal process outsourcing have on your business? Why do you do it – or not? These are the kinds of questions a study launched by the CBA, Taran Virtual Associates and CorbinPartners will be trying to answer, with your help. The deadline has been extended to June 30.