December

The 2016 Lenczner Slaght/Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Gale Cup Moot, one of Canada’s most prestigious bilingual law school mooting competitions, takes place February 19-20 at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, with 20 law schools from across Canada participating.

The Canadian Bar Association announced its roster of award winners for 2016.

University of Ottawa Law Professor Jane Bailey is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association 2015 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law which recognizes outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in Canada.

The CBA has named Marie Laure Leclercq of Montreal winner of the 2016 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community Hero Award.

The CBA has announced that Roland Penner, OC, OM, Q.C. of Winnipeg, has won the 2016 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community (SOGIC) Ally Award.

The (CBA) has named Kyle Rees, an associate at O’Dea Earle Law Offices in St. John’s, the winner of the 2016 Young Lawyers Pro Bono Award.

Beth Bilson Q.C. of Saskatoon is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association 2015 Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence that recognizes distinguished or exceptional service to the objectives and goals of the Association.

Lisa Addario, a senior legal counsel with the Public Service Alliance of Canada in Ottawa, is the winner of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2016 Touchstone Award.

The CBA has named Mark Aitken of the Department of Justice of the Government of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife, winner of the 2016 John Tait Award of Excellence.

The Canadian Bar Association is urging the Ministers of Finance and Small Business to consult more widely on changes to the small business corporate tax rate.