Heather Innes of Toronto new chair of CCCA February 28, 2014 Heather Innes of Toronto has been named Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA), a post she takes over from Grant Borbridge, of Calgary, on February 28, 2014.
Josh Weinstein of Winnipeg named winner of CBA’s 2014 Douglas Miller Award February 23, 2014 Josh Weinstein of Winnipeg is the winner of the Canadian Bar Association's 2014 Douglas Miller Award. The award was presented yesterday at the CBA Mid-Winter Meeting of Council at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
The CBA calls for greater bilingual capacity of Superior and Appeal Court Judiciary February 22, 2014 The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) affirms that bilingualism is an element of merit in the judicial appointment process and has adopted a resolution supporting equal access to justice for litigants, in their chosen official language.
The CBA calls for permanent mechanism to evaluate human rights in bids to host the Olympic Games February 22, 2014 The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) passed a resolution today urging the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee to create a permanent arm’s-length mechanism to monitor and evaluate human rights in bids to host the Olympic Games.
Media Advisory: CBA to debate end-of-life, human rights at the Olympics, February 22-23 in Ottawa February 19, 2014 Do people have the right to choose the manner and time of their own death? Can law schools discriminate against students based on their sexual orientation?
The CBA Mid-Winter Meeting 2014: End of life, human rights, and non-discrimination to be debated February 14, 2014 Do people have the right to choose the manner and time of their own death? Can law schools discriminate against students based on their sexual orientation?
The CBA statement on Hryniak decision at SCC January 27, 2014 The CBA welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin.
The CBA immigration lawyers lead pro bono serviceto boost relief efforts in the Philippines December 18, 2013 In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan last month, a group of lawyers from the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) National Immigration Law Section is spearheading a pro bono initiative to help families in Canada sponsor relatives living in areas affected by the recent disaster in the Philippines to come to this country.
Statement by Fred Headon, CBA President, on TWU decision by FLSC December 18, 2013 The CBA is pleased that the Federation of Law Societies of Canada acknowledges that the public interest impacts of their decisions must be considered when accrediting law schools.
FASD, access to justice on the agenda for CBA President Fred Headon’s visit to Whitehorse, Dec. 16, 2013 December 12, 2013 The President of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Fred Headon of Montreal, will visit CBA-Yukon (CBA-Y) in Whitehorse on Dec. 16, where he will speak about the ongoing need to improve access to justice for individuals with FASD and the CBA’s major initiative on Reaching Equal Justice.