August

The Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) will hold its National Spring Conference April 14-16, 2013 at the Hilton Toronto. Keynote speakers include Fortune 500 veteran and past General Counsel of Starbucks Coffee Company, Paula Boggs, and the Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Forces, Major-General Blaise Cathcart, CD.

Our most recent Legal Aid Leader, Deanna Ludowicz has spent her legal career assisting clients in need.

For over 25 years, Lenny has tirelessly devoted himself to promoting access to justice and equality rights for low-income individuals.

In law school, Amanda built up and coordinated a chapter of Pro Bono Students Canada. She then clerked for the Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

Immigration law practitioners won’t want to miss the next CBA National Immigration Law Conference, to be held at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, British Columbia on May 3-5, 2012.

Melina Buckley, LL.B, Ph.D., an associate with Camp Fiorante Matthews in Vancouver, is the 2011 recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Louis St-Laurent Award of Excellence for distinguished service to the Association.

Robert Brun, Q.C. of Vancouver is the CBA’s new Second Vice-President-elect. CBA President Kevin Carroll, Q.C. made the announcement on March 19 following the vote by CBA Council.

Bill S-14 was introduced in the Senate on February 5, 2013, and received Royal Assent on June 19, 2013.

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada front offices are closed, meaning that hand-delivered correspondence is no longer accepted. COVID-related measures are in place to grant temporary extensions  Read more.