News

Nominations are still being accepted for the National Sections Council Award of Excellence, the Cecilia I. Johnstone Award, and the Honourable Walter S. Tarnopolsky Award. Read on for details.

A number of national CBA Sections and Forums are putting out the call for nominees for a number of upcoming awards. Do you know someone who fits one of these bills?

So you want to set up a social media site for your Section or Forum. It’s a good idea, but there are a lot of questions that you need to ask – and answers that you need to find – before you go ahead. Read on to discover a few things you’ll need to consider.

The CBA Constitutional and Human Rights Law Conference, IP Day 2017 and the CCCA Agents of Change Conference are just three of the National Sections and Forums conferences coming up this spring. Read on for a list of what else you can expect.

The Canadian Bar Association is delighted that the Court Challenges Program has been reinstated.

Join the Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section in Ottawa on April 21 for the most useful and instructive conference of 2017 for Canadian constitutional rights litigators. Learn the nuts and bolts of constitutional rights litigation and network with other lawyers having similar interests. Read on for information about discounts for law students and young lawyers.

Welcome from the Chair.

The CBA Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section would like to congratulate the Section’s BC Branch Co-Chair, Aleem Bharmal

Kim Jakeman, Chair of the CBA End of Life Working Group, appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to discuss the changes to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal code and to make related amendments to others Acts (medical assistance in dying).

Canadian Bar Association President Janet Fuhrer and Hugh Wright, vice-chair of the CBA’s Judicial Compensation and Benefits Committee, appeared before the fifth quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission.