September

The Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, will now address the Canadian Bar Association’s national Council on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 8:45 a.m. in the Gallery BCD, at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Please note this time change over previously distributed information.

Newly appointed federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay will attend the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Legal Conference next month in Saskatoon. He will deliver greetings at the Opening Plenary on Sunday, Aug. 18, and participate in a dialogue with CBA members on Monday, Aug. 19 at 1:45 p.m. at Saskatoon’s TCU Place, in Salon AB.

Tim McGee, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Law Society of British Columbia; Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at University of Ottawa; and Heather Innes, Counsel, Global Process Leader, International Trade Law and Chief Privacy Officer at GM Canada, headline a luncheon plenary on August 19 during the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s (CCCA) stream at the CBA Legal Conference (CLC), taking place August 17-20 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) welcomes Peter MacKay as the new federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, as announced in today’s Cabinet shuffle.

The Supreme Court of Canada today brought greater clarity to the practical application of the conflicts rule with the release of the McKercher decision.

The 2013 Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) National Military Law Section Law School Sword and Scale Essay Prize is awarded to Dalhousie University’s James Foy of Vancouver, for his essay entitled Autonomous Weapons Systems: Taking the Human out of International Humanitarian Law.

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson (TBC), Saskatchewan Minister of Justice Gordon Wyant, author, lawyer, consultant Dr. Arin Reeves, and authors Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson headline the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Legal Conference Aug. 17-20 in Saskatoon.

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) opposes Bill C-304, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act, as it calls for the repeal of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA), something the CBA says will result in the proliferation of hate speech on the Internet and through other forms of telecommunications.

Katrina Andres of the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law is the winner of the 2013 Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section (NEERLS) Law School Essay Contest David Estrin Prize.

Economic forces, rapidly evolving technology and changing client expectations are just some of the forces exerting pressure on the Canadian legal profession.