Press Releases & Statements

Each year, the Canadian Bar Association honours members of the legal profession whose contributions to the Association, the legal profession and the justice system single them out as deserving of special recognition.

The Canadian Bar Association’s Fellowship Committee has selected Kristen Stallard to receive the 2024-2025 Viscount Bennett Fellowship for her graduate legal studies.

March 31^st is International Transgender Day of Visibility. Join us on the occasion, by reflecting upon the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain.

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA), in collaboration with Thomson Reuters, have released the inaugural State of the Canadian Law Firm Market and Canadian Government Lawyers Benchmark reports. These reports offer insights into how firms and government lawyers assess and measure their success, goals, risks, and challenges in today’s legal landscape.

The Canadian Bar Association is deeply saddened by the passing of The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada.

The Canadian Bar Association strongly reiterates the importance of judicial independence as a cornerstone of our democratic society. We at the CBA are concerned about recent comments from our elected leaders that can be seen as calling this principle into question.

Today’s Federal Court ruling on judicial vacancies sheds light on the importance of filling judicial vacancies in a timely manner.

The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to announce that Bianca Kratt, K.C., the CBA Board member from Alberta, has been elected to the position of Vice President for 2024-2025.  She will serve as CBA President the following year.

The Canadian Bar Association introduced an updated version of its Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions resource to help lawyers and judges gain a better understanding of the impact of criminal convictions on offenders before the courts.

To mark World Children’s Day today, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and its Child and Youth Law Section call on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to develop and make public detailed action plans in response to the Concluding Observations to Canada of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.