March

Planning a trip south on March break? Check out “Travelling with a child?” It’s one of three new Legal Health Checks offering guidance to clients on legal issues.

Candice Pollack and Nicolas Joubert attended the CBA Wellness meeting in Winnipeg last October on behalf of CBA Young Lawyers. They’ve written about their experience.

The CBA Competition Law Section is anticipating another active and exciting year. Here’s a look at what it’s been doing and what’s in store.

This year’s Immigration Law Conference will consider Canadian and global trends in immigration law.

A new chapter on election financing has been added to the course book “Global Corruption: Law, Theory and Practice” which is available on the CBA website. The CBA’s Anti-Corruption Team sponsored and reviewed the first edition of the book written by Professor Gerry Ferguson at the University of Victoria.

Susan Ursel and co-counsel appeared before the Supreme Court in December on behalf of the CBA, which was intervening in the TWU case. Former CBA President Eugene Meehan, who was also in the room, asked her to write about her impressions of the day.

Kelly McLaughlin, a CBA member from the Northwest Territories, participated in the November regional forum, and shares some of her thoughts about it.

If you’ve been thinking you’d like to become more involved in shaping the CBA and its message, here’s your chance. Over the next few months you’ll have the opportunity to try for a spot on the Board of Directors, for places on Board Committees and Subcommittees, and/or on Section executives.

The CBA’s Supporting Inclusive Resource Development project is underway in East Africa. With one regional forum under its belt, the project is now planning national forums in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to talk about issues dealing with the extractives industry. And the CBA is looking for people with expertise to add to its volunteer database on the project.

The CCCA has joined up with the In-House Counsel World Summit for its 30th-anniversary conference. And new this year, the CBA’s legal innovation competition The Pitch will play out on the CCCA stage.