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Daphne Dumont of Prince Edward Island is the recipient of this year’s Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 President’s Award. The award recognizes Ms. Dumont’s significant contribution to the CBA, women’s issues and her community.

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Five early-stage legal technology startups will compete at the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 Canadian Legal Conference in Ottawa on Aug. 12 for a residency with LegalX at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and the attention of investors.

The CBA 2016 President’s Award is being presented to Daphne Dumont Q.C., a lawyer from Prince Edward Island who has been active in the CBA, women’s issues and her community.

The Foundation for Legal Research has awarded the 2016 Walter Owen Book Prize to Pierre-Claude Lafond, professor at Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Law, for his book, Droit de la protection du consommateur : théorie et pratique, published in 2015 by Éditions Yvon Blais.

The National Sections Council Award this year honours two national Sections, both of which have shown their relevance to the association. Read on to find out what set the National Construction and Infrastructure Section, and the Intellectual Property Section, apart this year.

The Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2016 Canadian Legal Conference takes place in Ottawa Aug. 12-14.