Member Articles

On April 6, 2019 the Canadian Bar Association hosted its first-ever Health and Wellness Conference at the Shaw Center in Ottawa.

In Ontario, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is responsible for regulating the sale of liquor at restaurants or bars as authorized by the Liquor Licence Act and its corresponding regulations.

Mental illness and young lawyers: Justice Daley's personal story.

MeToo and the pressure of keeping quiet in law - National Magazine February 2018

In October 2017, CBA Wellness held its annual meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I, along with Nicolas Joubert, had the pleasure of taking part as representatives of CBA Young Lawyers.

To paraphrase Shakespeare, there are more things you can do with a law degree, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your law firm philosophy. Candice Pollack, a Young Lawyers member-at-large, gives some tips for finding a post-law-school career that you’ll love.

From Sept. 30, 2017 – Oct. 3, 2017, I had the honour and privilege of attending International Weekend and the Opening of the Courts in London as CBA YL Chair. Kerry Simmons, Q.C., attended the Opening of the Courts and together, we made up the Canadian contingent in London for those few days.

On May 16, 2016, the Ontario Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Central invited Dr. Ruth Corbin of CorbinPartners Inc. and Jason Leung of Leung Law to share their insights on taking proactive steps as a young lawyer to become a rainmaker in your law practice.

In September the national Women Lawyers Forum held a networking event that brought senior practitioners together with young lawyers and law students. How did it go? Law student Debbie Douglas and new call Raweya Abdulwali tell us what they thought.